Recently added articles from Plains Anthropologist:
Archaeological Geology of the Mescalero Sands, Southeastern New Mexico
Aug 01, 2008; Hall, Stephen A; Goble, Ronald J ... The Mescalero Sands accumulated in two episodes, first during the late Pleistocene (90,000 to 75,000 years B.P.) and second during the early Holocene (9000 to 5000 years B.P.) based on OSL dates. Archaeological sites of all ages occur on the surface of the older eolian sand. Sites later than ...
Folsom Projectile Technology: An Experiment in Design, Effectiveness and Efficiency
Aug 01, 2008; Hunzicker, David A ... This study utilizes experimental archaeology to explore aspects of Folsom weaponry and subsistence strategies that may not be clearly visible in the archaeological record. Atlatl darts tipped with 25 replicated Folsom points hafted in five different foreshaft designs were propelled into bovine ...
Bison Exploitation in the Wyoming Basin at the Middle/Late Holocene Transition: A View from the Graham Ranch Site
Aug 01, 2008; Smith, Craig S; Byers, David A; Craven, Cynthia D ... Wyoming Basin archaeofaunas dating to the Middle/Late Holocene transition typically lack bison remains and instead suggest a focus on a wide range of smaller prey species. Excavations along the Sweetwater River at the Graham Ranch site produced an extensive assemblage of highly fragmented bison ...
Biomechanical Analysis of Humeral and Femoral Structural Variation in the Great Plains
Aug 01, 2008; Wescott, Daniel J ... Variation in humeral and femoral structural morphology of Great Plains populations is examined for differences due to subsistence practice and geographical location. The sample consists of Archaic hunter-gatherers, early and middle Woodland hunter-gatherers, late Woodland incipient ...
Editors Note
Aug 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The Plains Anthropological Society format for articles submitted for publication has been printed in the February 1987 (Vol. 32, No. 115) issue of Plains Anthropologist. The format closely follows the Society for American Archaeology journal format which is available on the WEB at ...
A Comment on Howard's Authentication Analysis of the Angus Nebraska Fluted Point
Aug 01, 2008; Holen, Steven R; Muñiz, Mark P; Patten, Bob ... Howard (2001) attempts to determine if the Angus "point", reportedly found with a mammoth skeleton in south central Nebraska in 1931, is an authentic artifact or a modern fake. Howard uses the lack of use-wear and post-depositional surface modification of the artifact as his evidence to infer ...
Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology: From the Dent Site to the Rocky Mountains
Aug 01, 2008; Fisher, Jack ... Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology: From the Dent Site to the Rocky Mountains. Edited by ROBERT H. BRUNSWIG and BONNIE L. PITBLADO. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, 2007. xviii + 364 pp., figures, tables, bibliography. $60 (cloth, ISBN 978-0-87081-890-5) Reviewed by Jack ...
The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian
Aug 01, 2008; Sundstrom, Linea ... The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian. Edited by CANDACE S. GREENE and RUSSELL THORNTON Cloth 2007. xii, 370 pp. 930 photos, map. 0-8032-2211-4 $45. Reviewed by Linea Sundstrom, Day Star Research, Shorewood, Wisconsin. The Smithsonian Institution's ...
Chase Orchard: A Poñil Phase Pueblo in the Cimarron District, Northeastern New Mexico with a Suggested Reconstruction of Tanoan Origins and Migrations
Aug 01, 2008; Baugh, Timothy G ... Chase Orchard: A Poñil Phase Pueblo in the Cimarron District, Northeastern New Mexico with a Suggested Reconstruction of Tanoan Origins and Migrations. By JAMES A. GUNNERSON with an Appendix on Faunal Remains by R. George Corner. (Memoir 11 of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society and Robert E ....
Kiowa Humanity and the Invasion of the State
Aug 01, 2008; Kracht, Benjamin R ... Kiowa Humanity and the Invasion of the State by JACKI THOMPSON RAND. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2008. xii + 204 pp., 6 photographs, 1 figure, 3 tables, 2 appendices, bibliography. $45.00 (cloth). Reviewed by Benjamin R. Kracht, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, Coordinator of ...