PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF BISON TEETH IN A SKULL FROM THE SALMON-CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Kathryn Puseman

Year: 1996

Summary

Calculus or impacta contents were examined for three bison teeth still in the skull

recovered from the Salmon-Challis National Forest in north-central Idaho. This study

was undertaken to identify diet and possibly ecology of the area in which this bison

ranged. The bison is of relatively recent age, representing the late Holocene. Phytolith

and macrofloral analysis of impacta contents, as well as phytolith analysis of calculus

provide a partial record of diet.

Cite this Record

PHYTOLITH AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF BISON TEETH IN A SKULL FROM THE SALMON-CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST. Linda Scott Cummings, Kathryn Puseman. 1996 ( tDAR id: 377822) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8PK0FG0

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Keywords

Material
Fauna

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Idaho, bison teeth

Geographic Keywords
North-central Idaho

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