Anthropology 2231F/G Lecture Notes - Buffalo Jump, Spear-Thrower, Gypsum
13 Jul 2012
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Introduction of bow and arrow, replaced spear thrower by 500 ad: large points for spears replaced by smaller points for arrows. Mauls large sledgehammer, used to pound stakes into the ground to make the corrals. Bone fleshers bison long bone with teeth carved into an end, used to deflesh hides. Many sites date prior to the arrival of europeans, but some european goods were found: e. g. knives, etc, sometimes referred to as protohistoric (have european goods but no. European contact), indicative of trade with the east. Bison very important to lifestyle, none practiced agriculture: hunter-gatherers up to european contact, e. g. Crow, blackfoot peoples: continued to use older techniques: corrals, arroyos, bison jumps, use of bison jumps intensified, highest number of kills found and many new jumps developed. Some jumps up to 20m high: e. g. Bottom was a talus slope huge blocks of rocks from erosion. Must have been lethal, very few points found.
