Article Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1963
Keywords
Itasca Site (Minn.); Excavations (Archaeology); Bison
Abstract
In the summer of 1937 excavations conducted by the University of Minnesota Anthropology Department in Itasca State Park yielded extinct bison and other animal remains along with several stone artifacts. A preliminary notice was published in Science shortly after excavation was completed (Jenks, 193 7). The bones were extracted from a marl layer underlying a peat bog near the south end of the west arm of Lake Itasca. The deposit was discovered during construction of a road bridge over Nicollet Creek adjacent to the site. Material in the following report was assembled from unpublished field notes and records on file in the Anthropology Laboratory, University of Minnesota. Plans are now underway for excavation of undisturbed portions of this important site to recover further material and samples for radiocarbon dating.
First Page
24
Last Page
27
Recommended Citation
Shay, C. T.
(1963).
A Preliminary Report on the Itasca Bison Site.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 31 No.1, 24-27.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol31/iss1/6
Primo Type
Article