scholarly journals Nonpyrogenic charring of Late Pleistocene large mammal remains in northeastern Russia

Boreas ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina V. Kirillova ◽  
Olga K. Borisova ◽  
Olga F. Chernova ◽  
Gary Haynes ◽  
Nina V. Narina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Northeastern Russia ◽  
Large Mammal

Clovis Hunting Strategies, or How to Make out on Plentiful Resources

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Waguespack ◽  
Todd A. Surovell
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Diet Breadth ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Small Game ◽  
Terrestrial Mammals ◽  
Hunting Strategies ◽  
Alternative Diet

Traditionally, hunter-gatherers of the Clovis period have been characterized as specialized hunters of large terrestrial mammals. Recent critiques have attempted to upend this position both empirically and theoretically, alternatively favoring a more generalized foraging economy. In this paper, the distinction between subsistence specialists and generalists is framed in terms of forager selectivity with regards to hunted prey, following a behavioral ecological framework. Faunal data are compiled from 33 Clovis sites and used to test the two alternative diet-breadth hypotheses. The data support the older “Clovis as specialist” model, although some use of small game is apparent. Furthermore, data from modern hunter-gatherers are marshaled to support the theoretical plausibility of specialized large-mammal hunting across North America during the Late Pleistocene.

Late Pleistocene Settlement in the Nenana Valley, Central Alaska

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Powers ◽  
John F. Hoffecker
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
Alaska Range ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Seasonal Basis

Ongoing research in the Nenana Valley is uncovering a complex record of Late Glacial settlement in the foothills of the Alaska Range. A local eolian sequence provides relatively precise stratigraphic and chronological control, permitting integration with regional paleoclimatic history. Initial occupation seems to have occurred approximately 12,000 years ago, and is represented by several assemblages containing bifacial points. Microblade technology did not appear until ca. 10,500 B.P. The valley probably was exploited on a seasonal basis for large mammal procurement.

Late Pleistocene and Holocene small- and large-mammal faunas from the Northern Urals

2007 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Bachura ◽  
Pavel Kosintsev
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Northern Urals ◽  
Mammal Faunas

Late Pleistocene Western Camel (Camelops Hesternus) Hunting in Southwestern Canada

2012 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Kooyman ◽  
L.V. Hills ◽  
Shayne Tolman ◽  
Paul McNeil
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
North America ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Stone Tools ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Extinct Species ◽  
Significant Contributor ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Beach Site

AbstractLate Pleistocene large mammal extinctions in North America have been attributed to a number of factors or combination of factors, primarily climate change and human hunting, but the relative roles of these factors remain much debated. Clo-vis-period hunters exploited species such as mammoth, but many now extinct species such as camels were seemingly not hunted. Archaeological evidence from the Wally’s Beach site in southern Canada, including stone tools and butchered bone, provide the first evidence that Clovis people hunted North American camels. Archaeologists generally dismiss human hunting as a significant contributor to Pleistocene extinctions in North America, but Wally’s Beach demonstrates that human hunting was more inclusive than assumed and we must continue to consider hunting as a factor in Pleistocene extinctions.

Late Pleistocene large mammal faunal dynamics from inland southern California: The Diamond Valley Lake local fauna

2010 ◽  
Vol 217 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 256-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Springer ◽  
Eric Scott ◽  
J. Christopher Sagebiel ◽  
Lyndon K. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Local Fauna ◽  
Large Mammal

scholarly journals Fossil and genomic evidence constrains the timing of bison arrival in North America

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (13) ◽  
pp. 3457-3462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duane Froese ◽  
Mathias Stiller ◽  
Peter D. Heintzman ◽  
Alberto V. Reyes ◽  
Grant D. Zazula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
North American ◽  
Marine Isotope Stage ◽  
Mitochondrial Genomes ◽  
Subsequent Evolution ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Morphological Diversification ◽  
Steppe Bison

The arrival of bison in North America marks one of the most successful large-mammal dispersals from Asia within the last million years, yet the timing and nature of this event remain poorly determined. Here, we used a combined paleontological and paleogenomic approach to provide a robust timeline for the entry and subsequent evolution of bison within North America. We characterized two fossil-rich localities in Canada’s Yukon and identified the oldest well-constrained bison fossil in North America, a 130,000-y-old steppe bison, Bison cf. priscus. We extracted and sequenced mitochondrial genomes from both this bison and from the remains of a recently discovered, ∼120,000-y-old giant long-horned bison, Bison latifrons, from Snowmass, Colorado. We analyzed these and 44 other bison mitogenomes with ages that span the Late Pleistocene, and identified two waves of bison dispersal into North America from Asia, the earliest of which occurred ∼195–135 thousand y ago and preceded the morphological diversification of North American bison, and the second of which occurred during the Late Pleistocene, ∼45–21 thousand y ago. This chronological arc establishes that bison first entered North America during the sea level lowstand accompanying marine isotope stage 6, rejecting earlier records of bison in North America. After their invasion, bison rapidly colonized North America during the last interglaciation, spreading from Alaska through continental North America; they have been continuously resident since then.

Late Pleistocene large mammal faunas from the Urals

2007 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Kosintsev
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
The Urals ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Mammal Faunas
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