Broken Canines from Alaskan Cave Deposits
Re-Evaluating Evidence for Domesticated Dog and Early Humans in Alaska
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2569810 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E James Dixon (University of Alaska Fairbanks, corresponding author), George S Smith (University of Alaska Fairbanks) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 341-351 |
| Publication date | 1986-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/279946 |
| OpenAlex | W2000374399 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Broken canines from two caves on the Porcupine River, Alaska are analyzed with respect to size, development, morphology, breakage pattern, and stratigraphic placement. These analyses indicate that they are deciduous bear teeth exfoliated in these caves through noncultural processes associated with dental development. Similarity of these teeth to the canines recovered from various stratigraphic levels at Trail Creek Caves 2 and 9, on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska (Larsen 1968:58), indicates that the Trail Creek specimens (including specimens from levels dating to the late Pleistocene) are also naturally exfoliated bear teeth and not dog canines (Canis familiaris) broken out by human beings, as originally suggested
Archaeology · Canis · Cave · Geography · Peninsula · Pleistocene · Porcupine · dental development and anomalies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2016 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |