Patterns of Appendicular Skeletal Disarticulation

A Taphonomic Investigation of the Hudson-Meng Bonebed

Bibliographic Data

ID9216640
AuthorsBrent A Buenger (University of Kansas, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume46
Issue175
Pages39-54
Publication date2001-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePlains Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2052546.2001.11932056
OpenAlexW2502621543
LanguageEN
References cited12

Information from published taphonomic research concerning bison disarticulation frequencies is compared with additional primary data from several recent bison mortality sites to aid in the assessment of patterns of appendicular skeletal disarticulation within a large Paleoindian bison bonebed. Variation in the composition of articulatedbison skeletal segments from the 1991-96 excavations at the Hudson-Meng site (25SXJJ5), Sioux County, Nebraska, is compared with a combined data set of actualistic research from several modern bison mortality sites. Comparison of naturally occurring skeletal disarticulation patterns and archaeologically recorded patterns of disarticulation at Hudson-Meng aids in evaluating the formational history of the bonebed. These data indicate that the patterns of disarticulation from within the main bonebed level at Hudson-Meng closely resemble those from modern mortality sites

Archaeology · Disarticulation · Geography · Taphonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology