Plano cultures

The Plano cultures is a name given by

The Plano cultures are characterised by a range of unfluted projectile point tools collectively called Plano points and like the Folsom people generally hunted Bison antiquus, but made even greater use of techniques to force stampedes off of a cliff or into a constructed corral. Their diets also included pronghorn, elk, deer, raccoon, and coyote. To better manage their food supply, they preserved meat in berries and animal fat and stored it in containers made of hides.^[1][2][3]

History

The Plano cultures existed in the North American Arctic during the

Bison herds were attracted to the grasslands and parklands in the western region. Around 9,000 B.P. as retreating glaciers created newly released lake regions, the expansion of plant and animal communities expanded north and east, and the barren ground caribou in the tundra, boreal woodland caribou in the boreal forests and plains, and mountain caribou replaced bison as the major prey animal.^[4]

In the Great Plains, the following are Plano cultures from 10,000 to 7,000 years ago, distinguished by long,

• Agate Basin complex, named for the Agate Basin Site.^[7]
• Olsen-Chubbuck Bison Kill Site and the Jurgens Site.^[8]
• Hell Gap, Wyoming site for which it was named and the Jones-Miller Bison Kill Site.^[6]
• Foothills / Mountain complex[8]

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