Bison Hunting at Cooper Site: Where Lightning Bolts Drew Thundering Herds

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Almost seventy years ago the first Folsom projectile point found in association with ancient bison bones in northern New Mexico demonstrated that Paleoindian people were in the New World as long ago as the end of the last ice age. To at the moment intact deposits containing Folsom points are rare, yet these points, with their distinctive channel flakes and exquisite craftsmanship, remain the most productive identifier of the culture. The Cooper web site, came upon in 1992 in northwestern Oklahoma, is without doubt one of the largest Folsom-age kill sites in the southern plains. Including extraordinarily well-preserved bison bones and thirty-three projectile points, the web site has yielded major contributions to what’s known of this early people.

Leland C. Bement outlines the history of the Cooper web site, its discovery and excavation. As the remains were found in stratified bonebeds, they give you the first clear traces of sequential Folsom activity. Analysis of the bones indicates a selective or “gourmet” butchering technique and offers insights into bison-herd demographics. Assessment of the projectile points suggests the movements of Folsom groups in the case of lithic sources.

Here also is the first evidence of Folsom hunting ritual, in the form of a startling red zigzag painted on one of the crucial skulls. The painted skull–the oldest design-painted object in North The us–greatly enlarges the significance of the Cooper web site, offering evidence of early ritual rarely seen in the tangible physical record.

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