Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer arcticus) from an Early Man Site in Southeastern Michigan

Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer arcticus) from an Early Man Site in Southeastern Michigan

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...

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Published in:American antiquity Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 350 - 351
Main Author: Cleland, Charles E.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York, US Cambridge University Press 01-01-1965
Society for American Archaeology
Subjects:
Antlers
Bones
Boreal forests
Caribous
Charcoal
Deer
Facts and Comments
Glacial lakes
Radiocarbon dating
Sediments
Woodlands
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0002-7316
2325-5064
DOI:10.2307/278816