Search Results - "Frison, George C."

In situ evidence for Paleoindian hematite quarrying at the Powars II site (48PL330), Wyoming by Pelton, Spencer R, Becerra-Valdivia, Lorena, Craib, Alexander, Allaun, Sarah, Mahan, Chase, Koenig, Charles, Kelley, Erin, Zeimens, George, Frison, George C

“…SignificanceRed ocher (also known as hematite) is relatively common in Paleoindian sites exceeding ca. 11,000 calibrated years B.P. in the Great Plains and…”
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Paleoindian Large Mammal Hunters on the Plains of North America by Frison, George C.

“…From ≈ 11,200 to 8,000 years ago, the Great Plains of North America were populated by small Paleoindian hunting groups with well developed weaponry and the…”
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Confirming a Cultural Association at the La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming by Mackie, Madeline E., Surovell, Todd A., O'Brien, Matthew, Kelly, Robert L., Pelton, Spencer, Haynes, C. Vance, Frison, George C., Yohe, Robert M., Teteak, Steve, Rockwell, Heather M., Mahan, Shannon

“…Archaeologists have long subjected Clovis megafauna kill/scavenge sites to the highest level of scrutiny. In 1987, a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was…”
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FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO PALEOINDIAN USE OF THE POWARS II RED OCHER QUARRY (48PL330), WYOMING by Frison, George C., Zeimens, George M., Pelton, Spencer R., Walker, Danny N., Stanford, Dennis J., Kornfeld, Marcel

“…We report major new insights from recent research at the Powars II Paleoindian red ocher quarry (48PL330). We salvaged more than 7,000 artifacts from Powars II…”
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Paleoclimate and Amerindians: Evidence from Stable Isotopes and Atmospheric Circulation by Lovvorn, Marjorie Brooks, Frison, George C., Tieszen, Larry L.

“…Two Amerindian demographic shifts are attributed to climate change in the northwest plains of North America: at ≈11,000 calendar years before present (yr BP),…”
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James Clark Miller, 1955-2012 by Dowd, Anne S., Frison, George C.

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Middle Plains Archaic Bison Hunting in Southcentral Wyoming: Revisiting the Scoggin Site (48CR304) by Frison, George C., Miller, Mark E., Scoggin, William E., Beiswenger, Jane M., Albanese, John P., McKetta, Suzanne Brant, Miller, Mark E., Albanese, John P.

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Multi-component Paleoindian surface sites in the Great Divide Basin of Wyoming by Frison, George C., Wimer, Alan E., Scoggin, William E., Walker, Danny N., Miller, James C.

“…The Wyoming Basin contains several smaller depressions one of which is the Great Divide Basin formed by the Continental Divide that splits, resulting in…”
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Experimental Use of Clovis Weaponry and Tools on African Elephants by Frison, George C.

“…Clovis projectile points and chipped-stone tools have been recovered in a number of archaeological sites in the New World, but these cannot be tested on…”
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FOREWORD: Communal bison kills on the Northwestern Plains of North America: A personal account by Frison, George C.

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Paleoindian Occupation of the High Country:The Case of Middle Park, Colorado by Kornfeld, Marcel, Frison, George C.

“…Middle Park is one of the high intermountain basins of the Rocky Mountains that has been occupied continually for over 11,000 years. Our studies of the Paleo…”
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Rockshelter Archaeology and Geoarchaeology in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming by Finley, Judson B., Kornfeld, Marcel, Andrews, Brian N., Frison, George C., Finley, Chris C., Bies, Michael T.

“…This paper reports on 10 years of research at the Black Mountain Archaeological District, located in north central Wyoming's Bighorn Mountain range. It focuses…”
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A Functional Analysis of Certain Chipped Stone Tools by Frison, George C.

“…A Late Prehistoric period buffalo kill and butchering site in northern Wyoming (Site 48 JO 312) produced a large number of stone tools. Flakes removed in…”
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10,000 Years in the Rocky Mountains: The Helen Lookingbill Site by Kornfeld, Marcel, Larson, Mary Lou, Rapson, David J., Frison, George C.

“…Located in a spring-fed meadow at 2620 masl, Helen Lookingbill is a stratified, high-altitude open site in the Washakie Range of the Absaroka Mountains in NW…”
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Global Archaeological Evidence for Proboscidean Overkill by Surovell, Todd, Waguespack, Nicole, Brantingham, P. Jeffrey, Frison, George C.

“…One million years ago, proboscideans occupied most of Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Today, wild elephants are only found in portions of sub-Saharan…”
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Site Structure and Zooarchaeology at the Boar's Tusk Site, Wyoming by Fisher, John W., Frison, George C.

“…The Boar's Tusk site is a Late Prehistoric or Protohistoric short-term probable campsite in southwestern Wyoming. Pronghorn predominates the bone assemblage…”
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Murray Springs Clovis site, Pleistocene extinction, and the question of extraterrestrial impact by Haynes, C. Vance Jr, Boerner, J, Domanik, K, Lauretta, D, Ballenger, J, Goreva, J

“…Some of the evidence for the recent hypothesis of an extraterrestrial impact that caused late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions [Firestone et al. (2007) Proc…”
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The Carter/Kerr-McGee Paleoindian Site: Cultural Resource Management and Archaeological Research by Frison, George C.

“…A decade of intensive archaeological survey of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming has revealed one stratified Paleoindian site along with several thousand sites…”
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THE NORTH AMERICAN PALEOINDIAN: A WEALTH OF NEW DATA BUT STILL MUCH TO LEARN by Frison, George C.

“…Two decades ago, Paleoindian studies reached a plateau with relatively few new sites being discovered. Since then, the situation has changed with the discovery…”
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They Have a Rock That Bleeds: Sunrise Red Ochre and its Early Paleoindian Occurrence at the Hell Gap Site, Wyoming by Tankersley, Kenneth B, Tankersley, Kevin O, Shaffer, Nelson R, Hess, Marc D, Benz, JohnS, Turner, F. Rudolf, Stafford, Michael D, Zeimens, George M, Frison, George C

“…Early Paleoindians mined specular and earthy hematite (henceforth known as Sunrise red ochre) at the Powars II site, Platte County, Wyoming. Sunrise red ochre…”
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