Season of Bison Mortality at Three Plains Archaic Kill Sites in Wyoming
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Niven (University of Wyoming, corresponding author), Laura B Niven (University of Wyoming), Matthew G Hill (0000-0002-8066-0193, University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 163 |
| Pages | 5-26 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/2052546.1998.11931880 |
| OpenAlex | W2770487080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 21 |
Reanalysis of bison lower dentary assemblages from the Scoggin site (ca. 4540 BP), Cordero Mine site (ca. 3520 BP), and Rourke site (ca. 2500-1700 BP), offers new information concerning the seasonality of Plains Archaic bison utilization. Discrepancies in emption and wear of the Scoggin mandibular molars suggest at least two kill-butchery events: (1) summer-early fall (y+0.2-0.4 yrs); and (2) late fall-early winter (y+0.6-0. 7 yrs). The Rourke kill occurred in the late spring-early summer (y+O.J- 0.2 yrs), and bison at Cordero Mine were procured during the fall-early winter (y+0.5-0. 7 yrs). These data provide several lines of information on seasonal variability and long-term changes in human socioeconomic behavior during the Archaic on the Northwestern Plains. Procurement tactics at Scoggin and Rourke, especially the repeated use oft he jump-corral at Scoggin, suggest long-term investment at a fixed location on the landscape, which may indicate unpredictable bison populations, social restrictions, lack of topographic features to facilitate mass hunting, or a combination of these factors. Early evidence ofintensive carcass processing at Cordero Mine, and possibly at Scoggin, may have been a consequence of these factors and/or a strategy designed to lessen the effects ofwinter-springfood shortages
Archaeology · Archaic period · Biology · Geography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |