Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer arcticus) from an Early Man Site in Southeastern Michigan
Abstract The identification of a phalanx of a barren ground caribou ( Rangifer arcticus ) from the Holcombe site in southeastern Michigan is perhaps the earliest association of man and an animal species in the eastern United States. This phalanx was excavated from a small pit which contained four fr...
| Published in: | American Antiquity |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1965
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/278816 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002731600019053 |
| Summary: | Abstract The identification of a phalanx of a barren ground caribou ( Rangifer arcticus ) from the Holcombe site in southeastern Michigan is perhaps the earliest association of man and an animal species in the eastern United States. This phalanx was excavated from a small pit which contained four fragments of unifacially worked artifacts, a number of plano-convex spalls typical of the Holcombe lithic complex, and a small amount of beech charcoal. Association of this site with a beach of glacial Lake Algonquin places its occupation at approximately 9200 B.C. |
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