Preliminary Report on the 1979 Excavations at the Clary Ranch Site

Authors

Thomas P. Myers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Richard G. Corner, University of Nebraska State MuseumFollow
Lloyd G. Tanner, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1981

Document Type

Article

Comments

1981. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, IX:1-7. Copyright © 1981 Myers, Corner and Tanner

Abstract

During the summer of 1979 excavations at the Clary Ranch Site (Ash Hollow, Garden County, Nebraska) demonstrated the presence of a Late Paleoindian bison-butchering site. Bison tooth-eruption patterns indicate that the kill took place in late spring to early summer. Turtle and canid bones were also recovered. The presence of Frederick and Meserve points suggests an antiquity of more than 8,500 yr for the site.