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Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer arcticus) from an Early Man Site in Southeastern Michigan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Charles E. Cleland
Charles E. Cleland*
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Abstract

The identification of a phalanx of a barren ground caribou (Rangifer arcticus) from the Holcombe site in southeastern Michigan is perhaps the earliest association of man and an animal species in the eastern United States. This phalanx was excavated from a small pit which contained four fragments of unifacially worked artifacts, a number of plano-convex spalls typical of the Holcombe lithic complex, and a small amount of beech charcoal. Association of this site with a beach of glacial Lake Algonquin places its occupation at approximately 9200 B.C.

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American Antiquity , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , January 1965 , pp. 350 - 351
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1965

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