Pub Date : 2021-03-15DOI: 10.1080/00320447.2021.1895042
M. Kornfeld, J. Adovasio, M. Larson, J. Finley
Perishable artifacts are rare finds in the Northwest Plains and the adjacent Rocky Mountains and any addition to the inventory makes a significant contribution. In the case of perishable objects from Last Canyon Cave in southern Montana, this is particularly true as one of the objects is unique to the region, a sandal. In this paper we describe the two items from Last Canyon, discuss their regional occurrence, and suggest the origin of the technology outside of the Northwest Plains/Rocky Mountains
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Pub Date : 2021-02-01DOI: 10.1080/00320447.2020.1864713
D. Gradwohl
This attractive and informative tome deals with a farmstead occupied during the early 1300s AD along the Missouri River Valley in the Glenwood locality of southwest Iowa. The editors and principal ...
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Pub Date : 2021-02-01DOI: 10.1080/00320447.2021.1875315
M. Turney, L. Bendiak, J. Brink
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park and the surrounding region is home to one of the largest collections of rock art on the Great Plains. The painted and carved rock art images have been classified as overwhelmingly belonging to the established Plains Biographic and Plains Ceremonial traditions. Images associated with two lesser known Plains traditions, Vertical Series and Foothills Abstract, have not been previously reported anywhere within the greater Writing-on-Stone region. This paper reports on the discovery of several unambiguous instances of Vertical Series and Foothills Abstract rock art at a site located in the heart of the Writing-on-Stone rock art complex. These panels are illustrated and described, possible age and affiliation are discussed, and the placement of this discovery within the Vertical Series and Foothills Abstract traditions is addressed. It is argued that more instances of these poorly known rock art traditions exist within the Writing-on-Stone region but have previously defied recognition.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-01DOI: 10.1080/00320447.2021.1878003
D. Bamforth
Plains archaeologists have referred to a class of features they have labelled mortar holes at least since the 1940s. These features are typically postholes identified in locations in the floors of houses that seem unlikely to have supported the weight of the house’s roof. Instead, researchers suggest that these holes once held wooden mortars used to process maize and other materials. These references are uneven: essentially identical features are labelled pocket caches or simply marked as posts in many cases. This paper discusses archaeological features likely to have held mortars in light of the use of wooden mortars in recent times on the Plains, outlines patterns in the distribution of possible mortar holes on the Central Plains and Middle Missouri, and sketches some of the important topics they may help us to study. These include the possibility that they can help to identify broad differences in the general kinds of maize grown in different areas and that they document variation in the gendered use of space within the house in different parts of the Plains.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00320447.2020.1824262
G. Stuart
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00320447.2020.1819180
Cassidee A. Thornhill
The reintroduction of Equus caballus (horse) into North America during European-American contact altered Native American life on the Plains. The horse influenced a variety of cultural practices, including transportation and warfare. Despite the impact of the horse on Native Plains cultures, there is a paucity of horse remains in the archaeological record in Wyoming and the Great Plains in general. In this article, the results of a reanalysis of a set of horse remains from the Protohistoric Period are described. The horse remains from the Blacks Fork River site in Wyoming provides a unique opportunity to examine a preserved interaction between humans and a horse from the early contact period. Reanalysis includes a re-examining of the faunal elements to re-establish the horse's age and evidence of butchering and radiocarbon dating to confirm the temporal span of the remains.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00320447.2020.1858396
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