Artifact Transport by Migratory Animals and Other Means
Two recent papers, one by Arthur Woodward, the other by J. Alden Mason, have called attention to the transportation of artifacts by the process of animal migrations. The impulse for both of these works derived from the finding of an Eskimo arrowhead imbedded in the breast of a duck shot at Bakersfie...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/275090 2023-05-15T16:07:51+02:00 Artifact Transport by Migratory Animals and Other Means Heizer, Robert F. 1944 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/275090 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002731600030183 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 9, issue 4, page 395-400 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 Museology Archeology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) History journal-article 1944 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/275090 2022-04-07T09:00:26Z Two recent papers, one by Arthur Woodward, the other by J. Alden Mason, have called attention to the transportation of artifacts by the process of animal migrations. The impulse for both of these works derived from the finding of an Eskimo arrowhead imbedded in the breast of a duck shot at Bakersfield, California. Similar cases from the states of Indiana, North Carolina, and Nebraska are on record in these reports. Undoubtedly there are other known instances, but these four should serve to illustrate the fact that sizeable migrating birds may import projectiles of outland origin from tremendous distances. I should like to present some additional instances which have come to my attention. These deal chiefly with transport of artifacts by migrating sea mammals and fish. The larger sea mammals are peculiarly suited,to carrying weapon points, since they have a thick protective fat covering in which a projectile could remain imbedded without having a harmful or hindering effect on the animal's health or movement. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Woodward ENVELOPE(-145.500,-145.500,-77.283,-77.283) Alden ENVELOPE(142.033,142.033,-66.800,-66.800) American Antiquity 9 4 395 400 |
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Two recent papers, one by Arthur Woodward, the other by J. Alden Mason, have called attention to the transportation of artifacts by the process of animal migrations. The impulse for both of these works derived from the finding of an Eskimo arrowhead imbedded in the breast of a duck shot at Bakersfield, California. Similar cases from the states of Indiana, North Carolina, and Nebraska are on record in these reports. Undoubtedly there are other known instances, but these four should serve to illustrate the fact that sizeable migrating birds may import projectiles of outland origin from tremendous distances. I should like to present some additional instances which have come to my attention. These deal chiefly with transport of artifacts by migrating sea mammals and fish. The larger sea mammals are peculiarly suited,to carrying weapon points, since they have a thick protective fat covering in which a projectile could remain imbedded without having a harmful or hindering effect on the animal's health or movement. |
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Artifact Transport by Migratory Animals and Other Means |
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