Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is one of the largest bison hunting sites in North America and located in southwestern Alberta, Canada. Occupation and use of the site spans almost 6000 years. This site has pottery associated with bison butchering and processing camps that have been accurately dated to the Avonlea phase (Meyer and Walde 2009). Zarrillo (2008) has recovered maize starch grains from residues on a ceramic sample that is associated with butchered bones dating to approximately 1200 cal BP, though the organic residues on the ceramic sample date slightly later: approx. 947 cal BP.
ID | Other ID | Type | Subtype | Uncal BP (years) | ± 1 σ (years) | Median cal BP (years) | Lower cal BP (years) | Upper cal BP (years) | δ13C | Contaminated? |
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469 | Beta-222822 | MicroSample | starch grain | 1030 | 40 | 947 | 1055 | 800 | No |