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Article: Paleoethological reconstruction and taphonomy of Equus lambei from the Bluefish Caves, Yukon Territory, Canada.
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- June 1, 1998
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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1 Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba, 435 Fletcher Argue Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V5, Canada; aburke@cc.umanitoba.ca2 Archaeological Survey of Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 100 Laurier Street, P.O. Box 3100, Station B, Hull, Quebec J8X 4H2, Canada(Received 29 October 1996; accepted in revised form 3 November 1997)ABSTRACT. The Bluefish Caves, northern Yukon, Canada, have yielded evidence of pre-Holocene human occupation of eastern Beringia. The three caves at Bluefish contain a large and complex late Pleistocene fauna in situ. Our research on the mortality patterns and the paleoethology of Equus lambei (an extinct species of ...