Hudson-Meng Bison Kill

The Hudson-Meng Bison Kill site is located in the Oglala National Grassland of western Nebraska northwest of Crawford. It was originally excavated by Dr. Larry Agenbroad in the 1970's. The excavation was over 400 square meters and it was considered the largest Alberta Culture bison kill site ever discovered. The bison found are not the same species as the bison that currently live in the United States, but are an animal transitional in evolution between the extinct bison species, "Bison antiquus" and the "Bison bison".

In the 1990's, the site underwent another series of smaller excavations by Drs. Larry Todd of Coloarado State University and David Rapson of the University of Wyoming, who suggested that the bison died of unknown natural causes and that the site was not in fact a kill site. Further research must be done to provide a more thorough interpretation of the site.

Recently, Dr. Douglas Bamforth of the University of Colorado has undertaken excavations at the site.

The site is managed by the The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD under the supervision of the United States Forest Service.

External links

* [http://lamar.colostate.edu/~lctodd/hmsmry.htm]
* [http://www.humanpaleo.org/BiMeng.htm]
* [http://www.hudson-meng.org/ Hudson-Meng Museum & Archaeology Research Center]