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Clovis Mammoth Butchery: The Lange/Ferguson Site and Associated Bone Tool Technology.

Thirteen millennia ago, in a small creek valley in western South Dakota, two mammoths perished. The mammoths, an adult and a juvenile, likely a cow and calf pair, died at the edge of an ancient pond. The Lange/Ferguson site is the earliest dated archaeological site in South Dakota and one of the few...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hannus, L. Aen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Texas A and M University Press : Texas A & M University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The site locale and archaeological investigations / L. Adrien Hannus
  • Late-glacial vegetation from Stratum C, Lange/Ferguson Mammoth Site: pollen and opal phytolith evidence / Eric C. Grimm and Glen G. Fredlund
  • Geochronology of the Lange/Ferguson Clovis Site / C. Vance Haynes Jr.
  • Stratum C paleoecology at the Lange/Ferguson Clovis Site / Manuel R. Palacios-Fest
  • Ecological and climatic implications of fossil mollusks at the Lange/Ferguson Clovis Site / A. Byron Leonard
  • Bone structure and taphonomic processes / L. Adrien Hannus
  • Taphonomic evidence at Lange/Ferguson / L. Adrien Hannus
  • A scanning electron microscopy evaluation of the Lange/Ferguson mammoth bone assemblage: bone fracture, technology, and usewear in taphonomic context / Pat Shipman
  • Patterns of natural and cultural disarticulation / L. Adrien Hannus
  • The butchering sequence at Lange/Ferguson / L. Adrien Hannus
  • The Lange/Ferguson artifact assemblage / L. Adrien Hannus
  • Use-wear analysis of the Lange/Ferguson chipped stone artifacts / Marvin Kay
  • Summary and conclusions / L. Adrien Hannus
  • References cited
  • Contributors.