Olsen-Chubbuck and Jurgens Sites
Four Aspects of Paleo-Indian Bison Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joe Ben Wheat (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 82 |
| Pages | 84-89 |
| Publication date | 1978-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1978.11908905 |
| OpenAlex | W808763103 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Since 1926, when the Folsom site was excavated, a gradually increasing number of bison sites have added greatly to our general knowledge of the association of Paleo-lndian hunters and now-extinct forms of bison. Most of the early excavations were concerned with the establishment of the as socation, and, by and large, the bone beds were considered only as matrices from which the cultural materials were extracted. Although a variety of observations had been made on butchering methods previously, it was not until the excavation of the Olsen Chubbuck site in 1958 and 1960 that the bone bed, as such, was considered to be perhaps the most important artifact in a kill site. The dissection of the bone bed at the Olsen Chubbuck site yielded considerable informa tion, not only on butchering processes, but also on the overall plan of the kill and the butchering strategies involved. It also led to a better understanding of the utilization of the bison as a economic resource. Since that time, an increasing number of sites have been excavated by many archaeologists who have developed more and more sophisticated methods of excavation, analysis, and interpre tation. Nevertheless, there has continued to be some misunderstanding of what consti tutes a kill site as opposed to a butchering site and, in turn, of the nature of camp sites with the associated bone beds and middens. This paper proposes to explore some of these relationships, using as a basis the excavations of the Olsen-Chubbuck site and three separate localities at the Jurgens site, each representing a different aspect of Paleo lndian exploitation of big game as a natural resource
Archaeology · Artifact (error · Big game · Biology · Environmental protection · Excavation · Geography · Historic site · Mammoth · Prehistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2026 (45) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |