Owl Cave Revisited

Examining the Evidence for a Folsom-Bison Association

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ID2096722
AuthorsL Suzann Henrikson (0000-0002-7211-3149, Idaho National Laboratory, corresponding author), Joshua G Clements (0009-0003-0630-6166, Idaho National Laboratory), Shannon L Loftu, Shannon L Loftus (Idaho National Laboratory), Dawn Duke (0000-0001-8352-013X, American Anthropological Association, corresponding author), Daron Duke
Year2025
Volume90
Issue1
Pages217-229
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/aaq.2024.64
OpenAlexW4406630432
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

The discovery of green-fractured mammoth bone in Owl Cave in the 1970s inspired the original investigators to focus primarily on the possible association between these remains and Folsom points recovered from the same stratum. With the Museum of Idaho's recent acquisition of the complete Owl Cave collection, we have gained a better understanding of the periglacial processes that appear to have displaced and mixed mammoth remains with a younger Folsom component. New efforts to date bison bone also recovered from the lowest levels of the cave have produced radiocarbon dates that fall within the accepted age range of Folsom technology. These results have prompted efforts to investigate the potential for an association between the lithic assemblage and bison, a scenario that is much more plausible given our current understanding of the Folsom archaeological record

Archaeology · Association (psychology) · Cave · Geography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Language and cultural evolution · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Psychology

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