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The Sheep Mountain Animal Net Revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2021

Linea Sundstrom Open the ORCID record for Linea Sundstrom [Opens in a new window]  and
Danny N. Walker
Linea Sundstrom*
Affiliation:
Day Star Research, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Danny N. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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(Linea.Sundstrom@gmail.com, corresponding author)
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Abstract

A juniper fiber net discovered in a cave near Cody, Wyoming, had been radiocarbon dated at 8860 BP (6910 ± 170 BC; RL-396) in 1986. Reanalysis and four additional AMS radiocarbon dates indicate an age younger than 1300 cal BP. Net metrics are consistent with archaeological and ethnographic examples identified as rabbit nets.

Una red de fibra de enebro, descubierta en una cueva cerca de Cody, Wyoming, había sido datada por radiocarbono en 8860 aP (6910 ± 170 aC; RL-396) en 1986. Un reanálisis y cuatro fechas radiométricas adicionales del espécimen indican una edad que es menor de 1300 cal aP. Las medidas de la red son consistentes con los ejemplos arqueológicos y etnográficos que han sido identificados como redes para conejos.

Keywords

hunting netGreat BasinGreat Plainsradiocarbon datingred de cazaGran Cuerca de América del NorteGrandes Planicies de América del Nortedatación por radiocarbono
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American Antiquity , Volume 86 , Issue 4 , October 2021 , pp. 833 - 844
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for American Archaeology

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