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Season of death of the Hiscock mastodontsessay 1988 • Fisher, Daniel C.
Early Paleo-Indian • New World > New World
The author examined samples from the tusks of the proboscideans at the Hiscock site to determine the season of death, suggesting that those that died at the end of winter largely died of natur...Mastodons, mammoths, and humans in the North American mid-continentessay 2004 • Fisher, Daniel C.
Early Paleo-Indian • New World > New World
The author discusses proboscidean hunting, meat caching, seasonality, and environmental quality as reconstructed from life histories recorded in tusks, and how such factors may have contribute...Evidence for butchery of the Burning Tree mastodonessay 1994 • Fisher, Daniel C. et al.
Early Paleo-Indian • New World > New World
The authors describe mastodon bones found at the Burning Tree Golf Course, concentrating on marks that support their hypotheses of how the animal was butchered and the meat stored. Radiocarbon...