Anthropology 2100 Lecture 3: lecture 3
2 Feb 2019
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However too many buffalo fell over the cliff and he was buried later he was found with a smashed in head. Lecture: there may be no other type of archaeological site that can match the drama, fire the imagination and has a story as utterly compelling as that of a buffalo jump. Pictured: head-smashed-in cliff in alberta: buffalos ran off cliff for food and shelter, head smashed in buffalo jump located in southern alberta, 100 km south of calgary, canada and alberta recognized it as a historic site. Roasting pits at his: lined with sandstone rocks that reflect heat, local sandstone rock was used to roast food in earth ovens, buffalo bones were located in the pits, suited for baking food in ground. The blackfoot seasonal round: buffalo jump brought many people together who not normally would be brought together, bands lived in sheltered areas like river valets through the winter from november to march.
