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A Late Paleoindian Animal Trapping Net from Northern Wyoming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

George C. Frison ,
R. L. Andrews ,
J. M. Adovasio ,
R. C. Carlisle  and
Robert Edgar
George C. Frison
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
R. L. Andrews
Affiliation:
Department of Geology & Planetary Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
J. M. Adovasio
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
R. C. Carlisle
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Robert Edgar
Affiliation:
Old Trail Town Museum, Cody, WY 82414
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Abstract

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A net made of juniper (Juniperus sp.) bark cordage and designed for capturing animals the size of deer or mountain sheep has been radiocarbon dated to late Paleoindian times. It was recovered in the Absaroka Mountains of north-central Wyoming and provides insight into prehistoric animal procurement strategies that did not require the use of stone artifacts.

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American Antiquity , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 352 - 361
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1986

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