The La Prele Mammoth Site, Converse County, Wyoming, USA

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dc.contributor.author Surovell, Todd A.
dc.contributor.author Pelton, Spencer R.
dc.contributor.author Mackie, Madeline E.
dc.contributor.author Mahan, Chase M.
dc.contributor.author O’Brien, Matthew J.
dc.contributor.author Kelly, Robert L.
dc.contributor.author Haynes, Vance Jr
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-14T07:18:20Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-14T07:18:20Z
dc.date.issued 2021-04-14
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10900/114215
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-55590
dc.identifier.uri http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-1142157 de_DE
dc.description.abstract The La Prele Mammoth site is a Clovis archaeolog- ical site in Converse County, Wyoming (U.S.A.) that preserves chipped stone artifacts in spatial as- sociation with the remains of a subadult Columbi- an mammoth (Mammuthus columbi). The site was discovered in 1986 and initially tested by George Frison in 1987, but work ceased there until 2014 due to a disagreement with the landowner. In the intervening years, questions arose as to whether the artifacts and mammoth remains were truly associated, and the site was largely dismissed by American archaeologists. Recent excavations have not only demonstrated that La Prele was the loca- tion of a mammoth kill by Clovis hunters around 12,850 years ago, but it also preserves a campsite in close proximity to the kill. The camp includes multiple hearth-centered activity areas that appear to represent domestic spaces, reflected by the pres- ence of a diversity of stone tool forms, bone nee- dles, a bone bead, a large area of hematite-stained matrix, and the butchered and cooked remains of at least one other large mammal species. The site has the potential to inform us about aspects of the social organization of Clovis bands, particularly with respect to mammoth hunting and butchery. de_DE
dc.description.sponsorship The symposium and the volume "Human-elephant interactions: from past to present" were funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. de_DE
dc.language.iso en de_DE
dc.publisher Tübingen University Press de_DE
dc.relation.ispartofseries Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology;1
dc.relation.ispartofseries Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology;1
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dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.de de
dc.subject.other Clovis de_DE
dc.subject.other New World colonization de_DE
dc.subject.other mammoth hunting de_DE
dc.subject.other campsite de_DE
dc.subject.other Palaeoindians de_DE
dc.title The La Prele Mammoth Site, Converse County, Wyoming, USA de_DE
dc.type BookPart de_DE
utue.publikation.fakultaet Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology Band 1: Human-elephant interactions: from past to present de_DE
utue.publikation.source Tuebingen Paleoanthropology Book Series – Contributions in Paleoanthropology Band 1: Human-elephant interactions: from past to present de_DE
utue.publikation.noppn yes de_DE

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