Table of Contents

Introduction to the Percheron Press Edition: The Casper Site and Bison Bone Bed Studies, Marcel Kornfeld

Archeology of the Casper Site, George C. Frison

Population Study of the Casper Site Bison, Charles A. Reher

The Casper Local Fauna and Its Fossil Bison, Michael Wilson

Geology of the Casper Archeological Site, John Albanese

Comments on the Lithic Technology of the Casper Site Materials, Bruce Bradley

Morphological Variation in Bison Metacarpals and Metatarsals, Jean Newman Bedord

Concluding Summary, George C. Frison

Appendix I. Volumes of Bison astragali, George Zeimens and Sandy Zeimens

Appendix II. Pollen Report on the Casper Site, Jane Beiswenger

References

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Author

George C. Frison, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Marcel Kornfeld, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Reviews

'The Casper site is one in a long tradition of bison procurement site studies by George Frison. This site typifies the use of the parabolic sand dune for bison trapping. The suite of analyses employed set the standard for kill site archaeology on the Plains and around the globe.' (Leland C. Bement, Oklahoma Archeological Survey)

'With astonishing fidelity the events of an ancient bison kill are uncovered from the rolling sands of Wyoming. That these remarkable events happened 10,000 years ago, and yet we see them so clearly today, is testimony to the skill of Frison and his team of researchers. A landmark publication.' (Jack W. Brink, Royal Alberta Museum)

'The brainchild of a remarkable archaeologist and a benchmark in integrative archaeological science, putting to work innovations in spatial analysis, experiments in technology and vertebrate taphonomy, hunter-gatherer ethnoarchaeology, geology, and zooarchaeology. One cannot help but sense the squeak of sand churned by desperate hooves when reading this classic study.' (Mary C. Stiner, University of Arizona)