The Waugh Site: a Folsom-Age Bison Bonebed in Northwestern Oklahoma

The Waugh Site: a Folsom-Age Bison Bonebed in Northwestern Oklahoma

The Waugh site (34HP42) was discovered in January, 1991 in Harper County, Oklahoma as a concentration of bison bones eroding from a stream margin. A Folsom projectile pointwasfoundwith the bones. Professional excavation began in 1991 and continued in 1992 and 1993. In 1992, testing 100m to the south...

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Published in:Plains Anthropologist Vol. 42; no. 159; pp. 63 - 83
Main Authors: Hili, Matthew E., Hofman, Jack L.
Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, NE Routledge 01-02-1997
Plains Anthropological Society
Subjects:
America and Arctic regions
Archaeological sites
Bison
bison bonebeds
Bones
Etching
Excavations
Folsom
North America
organic matter
Paleoanthropology
Paleoindian
Plant roots
Preceramic cultures
Prehistory and protohistory
Sediments
sitefomwtion
Soil organic matter
Taphonomy
Folsom
Palaeo-Indian
United States of America
Oklahoma
Site
Hunting
Bovine
Fauna
Bison
American culture
Hearth
Butchery
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Summary:The Waugh site (34HP42) was discovered in January, 1991 in Harper County, Oklahoma as a concentration of bison bones eroding from a stream margin. A Folsom projectile pointwasfoundwith the bones. Professional excavation began in 1991 and continued in 1992 and 1993. In 1992, testing 100m to the south of the bone bed revealed a hearth feature which provided two radiocarbon dates of ca. 10,390 years BP. This paper summarizes the data collectedfrom the faunal remains pertaining to minimum number of individuals, skeletal element frequency, sex composition, and site formation processes.
ISSN:0032-0447
2052-546X
DOI:10.1080/2052546.1997.11931838