The Glenrock Buffalo Jump, 48C0304: Late Prehistoric Period Buffalo Procurement and Butchering

Frison, George C.

doi:10.1080/2052546.1970.11908592

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“…In this sense, the complex drive lanes bear a greater resemblance to the better known terrestrial jumps (e.g., refs. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”

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A 9,000-year-old caribou hunting structure beneath Lake Huron

O’Shea

Lemke

Sonnenburg

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Significance Some of the most pivotal questions in human history necessitate the investigation of archaeological sites that are now under water. These contexts have unique potentials for preserving ancient sites without disturbance from later human occupation. The Alpena-Amberley Ridge beneath modern Lake Huron in the Great Lakes offers unique evidence of prehistoric caribou hunters for a time period that is very poorly known on land. The newly discovered Drop 45 Drive Lane and associated artifacts presented here provide unprecedented insight into the social and seasonal organization of early peoples in the Great Lakes region, while the interdisciplinary research program provides a model for the archaeological investigation of submerged prehistoric landscapes.

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“…In this sense, the complex drive lanes bear a greater resemblance to the better known terrestrial jumps (e.g., refs. [24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A 9,000-year-old caribou hunting structure beneath Lake Huron

O’Shea

Lemke

Sonnenburg

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Moreover, while cutting can be used for multiple purposes, it is simply not practical to utilize chopping as a main de-fleshing tactic (see Seetah 2006a , p. 20). It therefore seems that chopping was used primarily to separate the skeletal elements, as can be expected with the type of processing undertaken at these sites (e.g., Frison 1970 ;Bamforth 2011 ;Seetah 2006b ). Such dismemberment may have occurred at a variety of different stages in the processing sequence.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Rixson ( 1989 ) describes such chopping as a quick method for separating the major muscle groups and more meat-heavy rib blades from the vertebral column. However, there is still a lack of the additional fine-scale cuts that would have been needed to fully strip the meat present along the spine (e.g., Bunn et al 1988 ;Frison 1970 ;Lupo 2006 ). Therefore, there seem to be distinctly differential efforts in the butchering of these carcasses.…”

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“…In either or both cases, this type of situation might concentrate selection and utilization efforts on those elements or portions that proffered the best yield for time spent processing (e.g., Metcalfe and Jones 1988 ;Lupo 2006 , p. 30;Lupo et al 2013 ). Time-based selective use patterns would then be evident in the types of elements that were heavily and thoroughly exploited, as is seen at North American bison mass kill sites (e.g., Frison 1970 ;Widga 2004 ;Byerly et al 2005 ;Bamforth 2011 ) and here in the Le6 and Le7 material. Therefore, selective use could be one strategy for dealing with limited processing time.…”

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“…It should be noted that these processing sites are not necessarily a highly ephemeral, once-off hunting camp. As seen in the North American bison studies (e.g., Frison 1970 ;Logan 1998 ;Widga 2004 ;Byerly et al 2005 ;Bamforth 2011 ), specialized kill and processing sites range from small sites where a handful of animals were processed once, to large-scale kill sites used again and again, and various combinations thereof. Therefore, this site type should not immediately be related to the small temporary hunting camps locally associated with Later Stone Age foragers (e.g., Huffman 2007 , p. 3).…”

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Of Buffalo and Butchers: Coupling Traditional Procurement Studies with Taphonomic Analyses to Explore Intensive Wild Animal Processing Patterns at Two Early Iron Age Sites in the Kruger National Park

Grody

2016

Afr Archaeol Rev

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Located in northeastern South Africa in the Kruger National Park, the wilddominated faunal assemblages at Le6 and Le7 allow for a site-level examination of the treatment of wild species within the highly variable spectra of Early Iron Age animal use. Looking at hunting beyond pure subsistence choices, this paper couples traditional morphological analysis with taphonomic analysis and theoretical frameworks of intensification to ask new socially focussed zooarchaeological questions of these assemblages. Through this, both the procurement and processing methods utilized at Le6 and Le7 are identified and the significance of these choices is discussed. In so doing, the paper addresses possible specialization in both the hunting and the processing of large wild mammals. The socio-economic implications and potential drivers of these faunal choices are then considered within the broader context of the southern African Early Iron Age, and a potentially new faunal use strategy and site type are 1,*

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New insights into cave hyena ethology and the implications for territorial competition with hominins in Late Pleistocene north‐west Europe: the case of Caverne Marie‐Jeanne (Belgium)

Jimenez

Germonpré

Boudin

2021

J Quaternary Science

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Megacarnivore behaviours shape ecological dynamics between their prey and competitors and therefore play a key role in structuring ecosystems. In Late Pleistocene Eurasia, hominins and hyenas were sympatric predators. Since the first discoveries of Crocuta c. spelaea in the 19th century, this 'bone-crushing' species has been identified at most Palaeolithic sites and has inspired many taphonomic studies. Nonetheless, there is still very little known about its reproductive, social and spatial behaviours. We believe that exploring the complexity of the cave hyena's ethology is a way to better understand spatial relationships and niche sharing/partitioning between hominins and other top predators in Pleistocene ecosystems. This paper focuses on the study of Caverne Marie-Jeanne Layer 4 (Hastière, Belgium), one of the best-preserved palaeontological sites in the region. The exceptional number of hyena neonates in this assemblage (minimum number of individuals >300) has led us to describe, for the first time, a Late Pleistocene hyena birth den that was reused over a long period of time around 47.6-43k a BP. By bridging the gap between archaeology and palaeontology, we explore the potential of carnivore socio-spatial organisation and denning habits as an ecological proxy and discuss how these new unique data could help us further understand hominins' spatial strategy in southern Belgium.

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The Glenrock Buffalo Jump, 48C0304: Late Prehistoric Period Buffalo Procurement and Butchering

Cited by 29 publications

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A 9,000-year-old caribou hunting structure beneath Lake Huron

A 9,000-year-old caribou hunting structure beneath Lake Huron

Of Buffalo and Butchers: Coupling Traditional Procurement Studies with Taphonomic Analyses to Explore Intensive Wild Animal Processing Patterns at Two Early Iron Age Sites in the Kruger National Park

New insights into cave hyena ethology and the implications for territorial competition with hominins in Late Pleistocene north‐west Europe: the case of Caverne Marie‐Jeanne (Belgium)

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