Investigation of a 10,214 year old late Paleoindian Bison kill at the Howard Gully Site in Southwestern Oklahoma

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 55, Issue 213, 2010, Pages 25-37

  Hurst, Stance ^a   Carter, Brian J ^b   Athfield, Nancy Beavan ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bison hunting; Late Paleoindian; Projectile point typology; San Patrice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860850480     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/pan.2010.010     Document Type: Article

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