Withering snow and ice in the mid-latitudes: A new archaeological and paleobiological record for the Rocky Mountain region

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 165-177

  Lee, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Bison; Climate change; Dart shaft; Foreshaft; Ice patches; Organic artifacts; Rocky mountains

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUNTING; ICE COVER; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; PREY AVAILABILITY; SHEEP; SNOWMELT; SPECIMEN BANK; UNGULATE; WEAPON;

COLORADO; GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84862189760     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4191     Document Type: Article

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