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Zooarchaeological Evidence of Prairie Taxa in Central Missouri during the Mid-Holocene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Steve Wolverton
Steve Wolverton*
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Department of Anthropology, Grand Valley State University, 1152 Au Sable Hall, Allendale, Michigan, 49401, E-mail: wolverts@gvsu.edu
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Abstract

Previous studies report that remains of prairie taxa are common in western Missouri archaeological sites. There is no reported evidence of prairie taxa, such as Bos bison, from sites within the northern Ozark Highlands of Missouri. New data indicate that prairie taxa inhabited the area during the warm and dry mid-Holocene (8500–5000 14C yr B.P.). Evidence suggests prairie taxa were farther east and south than previously documented in central Missouri and underscores the importance of biogeographic data in studies of prehistoric environments.

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zooarchaeologyprairie taxacentral MissouriHolocene

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Quaternary Research , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , September 2002 , pp. 200 - 204
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University of Washington

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