A reconsideration of purported Holocene bison bones from northern Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-388

  Rasic, Jeffrey T ^a   Matheus, Paul E ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Archaeology; Beringia; Bison; Bison priscus; Holocene; Moose; Pleistocene; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BERINGIA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BONE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOCARBON DATING; UNGULATE;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES; BISON; BISON PRISCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 38349171251     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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