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AMERICAN ANTIQUITY
卷 85, 期 3, 页码 554-572出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2020.8
关键词
Mammoth; Clovis; Paleoindian; Late Pleistocene; North America
资金
- Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
- University of Wyoming Archaeological Field School
- Shlemon Center for Quaternary Studies
- National Geographic Society [9896-19]
- Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund
- Quest Archaeological Research Program
Archaeologists have long subjected Clovis megafauna kill/scavenge sites to the highest level of scrutiny. In 1987, a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was found in spatial association with a small artifact assemblage in Converse County, Wyoming. However, due to the small tool assemblage, limited nature of the excavations, and questions about the security of the association between the artifacts and mammoth remains, the site was never included in summaries of human-killed/scavenged megafauna in North America. Here we present the results of four field seasons of new excavations at the La Prele Mammoth site that confirm the presence of an associated cultural occupation based on geologic context, artifact attributes, spatial distributions, protein residue analysis, and lithic microwear analysis. This new work identified a more extensive cultural occupation including the presence of multiple discrete artifact clusters in close proximity to the mammoth bone bed. This study confirms the presence of a second Clovis mammoth kill/scavenge site in Wyoming and shows the value in revisiting proposed terminal Pleistocene kill/scavenge sites.
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