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Introductionessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
The Agate Basin site contains evidence of several communal bison kills that used an arroyo. It was found when bison bone and large projectile points eroded from the side of the arroyo. Frison believes these bison kills '...represent patterned human b...Stratigraphyessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
This document describes '[t]he stratigraphic relationships between cultural levels at the Agate Basin site...' from the three main areas of excavations, designated as Area 1, Area 2, and Area 3. Photographs and maps of the stratigraphy are provided....Folsom componentsessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Frison describes the Folsom components from the various areas and levels of the Agate Basin site. This includes the features and the stone tools. Numerous photographs of the tools are included along with maps of the locations of the bones and tools f...Hell gap componentsessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
'Hell Gap components were present above the Folsom components in Area 3.' (page 135). There are three Hell Gap levels in this area. The levels contain bone, stone tools, stone projectile points, and two hearths....The Sheaman siteessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
The Sheaman site is a little north of the other Agate Basin site areas. It contains Clovis materials. As Clovis is earlier than the Late Paleo-Indian tradition, this document was only marked for OCM codes (Outline of Cultural Materials) that may pert...Raw stone flaking material sourcesessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Frison discusses the known and the possible raw material sources for the flaked stone tools....Radiocarbon datesessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
'Eighteen radiocarbon dates were obtained from the Agate Basin site and locality.' (page 178). The dates are presented in a table as uncorrected dates. The dates range from Clovis to Hell Gap time periods and also include two dates from Archaic fire ...Bison dentition studiesessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Frison discusses how the condition of the teeth affect the life span of a large herbivore and how tooth eruption can help determine the age of a mammal. To determine seasonality, Frison has divided the animals into 12 age groups from 0.8-0.9 years ol...Bison taxonomyessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Frison discusses what species the late Pleistocene bison were and what bison species were found at Agate Basin. Determining the bison species depends partly on knowledge of the hunting techniques used to help in distinguishing male from female animal...Bison procurementessay 1982 • Frison, George C.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Frison discusses how the Agate Basin site was used to hunt bison. Hunting was partly dependent on knowledge of how bison act during the winter when they move onto windswept ridges to look for feed. It is at that time that they can be hazed into an ar...North American High Plains Paleo-Indian hunting strategies and weaponry assemblagesessay 1993 • Frison, George C.
Early Paleo-Indian • New World > New World
This work concentrates on the northern High Plains of the United States, with a discussion of the hunted fauna and which projectile points were used (only the data pertaining to Clovis and Dalton are relevant to the Early Paleo-Indian Tradition). The...Bone, antler, and ivory artifacts and manufacture technologyessay 1982 • Frison, George C. & Craig, Carolyn
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Frison and Craig begin the discussion of the bone, antler, and ivory artifacts by discussing how the different materials respond to various forces and tools (ie; green or fresh bone will fracture with a spiral break). They discuss some of the observa...Fluting of Folsom projectile pointsessay 1982 • Frison, George C. & Bradley, Bruce A.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Evidence from Agate Basin of an elk antler artifact has provided a possible indication of how the Folsom projectile point might have been fluted. This document describes the experimental methods the authors tried using an antler tine and direct press...The Pleistocene-Holocene transition on the Plains and Rocky Mountains of North Americaessay 1996 • Frison, George C. & Bonnichsen, Robson
Early Paleo-Indian • New World > New World
The authors discuss the paleoenvironment and the evidence of early human occupation of the Plains and Rocky Mountains, from the Clovis through Foothill-Mountain Paleo-Indian subtraditions (only the Clovis, Goshen, and Folsom cultural complexes are re...Referencesessay 1982 • Frison, George C. & Stanford, Dennis J.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
These are the references for documents nos. 27 through 52....Agate Basin componentsessay 1982 • Frison, George C. & Stanford, Dennis J.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Frison and Stanford describe the Agate Basin components from the various areas and levels of the Agate Basin site. This includes descriptions of the condition of the strata, the features, and the stone projectile points and stone tools. Numerous phot...Summary and conclusionsessay 1982 • Frison, George C. & Stanford, Dennis J.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Frison and Stanford summarize the work at Agate Basin and offer conclusions. They recap previous archaeological work at the site. In discussing the stratigraphy they point out that the cultural levels were found in the arroyo bottoms as the Paleoindi...Appendixessay 1982 • Frison, George C. & Stanford, Dennis J.
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
This is an appendix that lists artifact number, where it is stored, and what the artifact is made of. The maximum thickness of stone artifacts is also listed....