Ancient DNA-based sex determination of bison hide moccasins provides evidence for selective hunting strategies by Promontory Cave occupants ...

• Main Authors: Shirazi, Sabrina, Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen, Oppenheimer, Jonas, Metcalfe, Jessica, Found, Rob, Ives, John, Shapiro, Beth
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2021
• Subjects: Fulton; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7291/d17t1f; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.7291/D17T1F

The thirteenth-century human occupants of Promontory Cave, Utah, distinguished themselves from surrounding Fremont populations by being successful hunting specialists of bison in a region normally peripheral for that species. The hunters’ success is evident from the abundance of faunal remains excav...