PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE BULL CREEK CACHE, SITE 34BV180, OKLAHOMA

Summary

A total of 15 stone tools from the Bull Creek Cache, site 34BV180, in western Oklahoma

were tested for possible protein residues. One soil control sample also was submitted for

analysis. The Bull Creek Cache is a Clovis tool cache containing 112 lithic artifacts located

along Bull Creek, a tributary to the Beaver River, just downstream from the Bull Creek site. The

cache consists of bifaces, flakes, large overshot flakes, and blades that exhibit edge shaping

and resharpening, suggesting heavy tool use. Protein residue analysis was performed to

determine animal resources that might have been hunted/processed with these tools.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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