Early Archaic Subsistence in the Central Plains
The Spring Creek (25FT31) Fauna
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9218442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Widga (0000-0002-2961-0078, University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 189 |
| Pages | 25-58 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| 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 | 10.1179/pan.2004.005 |
| OpenAlex | W2012638587 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 42 |
The Spring Creek site (25FT31) in southwestern Nebraska has been an important part of understanding Early Archaic adaptations to the central Plains since its excavation in 1961. A reanalysis of faunal remains from these excavations suggests that the Spring Creek site is a task-oriented bison processing site occupied for a limited duration in the late summer or early fall. Traditional zooarchaeological methods combined with stable isotope data indicate an archaeofauna dominated by bison from a single herd suggesting a subsistence system where bison hunting is not an unfamiliar activity. These ideas contradict many extant models of Early Archaic subsistence in the central Plains which de-emphasize bison resources in favor of a broad-spectrum foraging strategy. Finally, it is suggested that subsistence models developed for Middle Holocene hunter-gatherers in other areas of North America are not necessarily appropriate for coeval groups on the central Plains
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Cave · Excavation · Extant taxon · Fauna · Foraging · Geography · Holocene · Pleistocene · Population · Spring (device · Subsistence agriculture · Taphonomy · Ursus · Zooarchaeology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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Assessing hunting strategies and ancient mule deer migrations with stable isotope analysis at site 48PA551
The use of stable isotope ratio analysis to distinguish multiple prey kill events from mass kill events
Niche variability in late Holocene bison
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Human Responses to Middle Holocene (Altithermal) Climates on the North American Great Plains
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Toward the Definition of Criteria for the Recognition of Artificial Bone Alterations
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Age-mediated Survivorship of Ungulate Mandibles and Teeth in Canid-ravaged Faunal Assemblages
Bone Density and Long Bone Representation in Archaeological Faunas
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Distinguished Service Award
Early hominid hunting and scavenging
A Zooarchaeological Signature for Meat Storage
Central Plains Prehistory
Animal Bones from Caves to Cities
Seasonality of the Scottsbluff and Lipscomb Bison Bonebeds
The Evolution of Human Hunting
Fossil Bison and Artifacts From an Early Altithermal Period Arroyo Trap in Wyoming
On Equifinality in Faunal Analysis
Hadza Hunting, Butchering, and Bone Transport and Their Archaeological Implications
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2020 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |