
Proboscidean and Paleoindian Interactions
Baylor University Press
Published on 1. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-918954-55-8 (ISBN)
Description
With intriguing glimpses of Paleoindian and Proboscidean interactions throughout the New World, this work turns to the studies that provide the methods and findings for a more expanded view of generalized and species-specific proboscidean behaviors and of attendant human lifeways.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Waco
United States
Illustrations
b/w photos & tables
ISBN-13
978-0-918954-55-8 (9780918954558)
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Content
1. Introduction: Historical Background, Theoretical Approaches, and Proboscideans by JOHN W. FOX and CALVIN B. SMITH 2. A Brief History of the New World Proboscidea with Emphasis on Their Adaptations and Interactions with Man by S. DAVID WEBB 3. Quarternary Paleofaunas of the Southwest by ERNEST L. LUNDELIUS, JR. 4. Herd Bunching at the Waco Mammoth Site: Preliminary Interpretations of Proboscidean Remains by JOHN W. FOX, CALVIN B. SMITH, and DAVID O. LINZ 5. Body Size and Broken Bones: Preliminary Interpretations of Proboscidean Remains by PAT SHIPMAN 6. On Disassembling an Elephant: Anatomical Observations Bearing on Paleoindian Exploitation of Proboscidea by RICHARD S. LAUB 7. The Waco Mammoths: Possible Clues to Herd Size, Demography, and Reproductive Health by GARY HAYNES 8. Blackwater Draws: Mammoths and Mammoth Hunters in the Terminal Pleistocene by JEFFREY J. SAUNDERS 9. Human-Mammoth Sites: Problems and Prospects by DAVID L. CARLSON and D. GENTRY STEELE 10. Regional Climatic Mechanisms of the Clovis Phase on the Southern Plains by JOEL GUNN 11. Humans and Proboscideans at Monte Verde, Chile: Analytical Problems and Explanatory Scenarios by TOM D. DILLEHAY 12. Conclusions: Historical Perspectives by JOHN W. FOX and CALVIN B. SMITH