essay
Age and environment of Late Pleistocene mastodont and mammoth in southern Ontario
late pleistocene and early holocene paleoecology and archaeology of the eastern great lakes region: proceedings of the smith symposium, held at the buffalo museum of science, october 24-25, 1986 • 33 • Published In 1988 • Pages: 161-172
By: McAndrews, John H., Jackson, L. J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors discuss mastodont and mammoth sites in southern Ontario and explain approaches to dating the various specimens. The likely diet of these animals is considered, especially how it may have affected their ranges. The possibility of human predation is explored.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Hunting and trapping
- Weapons
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Paleo-Indian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- New World
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- New World
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Paleontologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,500-4300 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. H. McAndrews and L. J. Jackson
- Meeting name: Smith Symposium (1986 : Buffalo Museum of Science)//Symposium sponsored by the George G. and Elizabeth G. Smith Foundation
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88006094
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians