A late Pleistocene steppe bison (Bison priscus) partial carcass from Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 2734-2742

  Zazula, Grant D ^a   MacKay, Glen ^b   Andrews, Thomas D ^b   Shapiro, Beth ^c   Letts, Brandon ^c   Brock, Fiona ^d  

^a Yukon Palaeontology Program   (Canada)

^b Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIAL; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NORTHERN CANADA; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON AGE; RIVER VALLEY; SOFT TISSUE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DNA; LANDFORMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RIVERS;

ICE;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; CHRONOLOGY; CRANIUM; ICE SHEET; LANDSLIDE; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

BISON; BISON BISON; BISON PRISCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350051160     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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