Season 2 Episode 5: Bison of the Bighorn Basin

Note: Strontium analysis is another stable isotope system which looks at the geographic distribution of 87Sr/86Sr ratios in surface sediments to reconstruct mobility across a Sr "isoscape". Stable isotope analysis refers to oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, but for ease of speech in this episode we've grouped them all together under "stable isotope analysis".


Wyoming's Archaeology Awareness Month website

Meeteetse Museums' Bison of the Bighorn Basin Project Update (February 2021)
Skinner and Kaisen measurements used in the study can be found here starting on page 144

Donate to the Meeteetse Museums Bison of the Bighorn Basin Project: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/donate-to-meeteetse-museums/

Archaeology and Wildlife Management:

"What the Past Can Provide: Contribution of Prehistoric Bison Studies to Modern Bison Management" by Kenneth P. Cannon

"The Use of Natural History Collections to Inform Baseline Ecological Conditions: Case Studies from Paleontology, Archaeology, and Historical Zoology" by Chris Widga et al

Fish and Wildlife Service 2011 poster on archaeology and wildlife management

 

Gilbert Peak Bison:

"'They Went as High as They Choose': What an Isolated Skull Can Tell Us About the Biogeography of High-Altitude Bison" by Kenneth P. Cannon

Stable Isotope Analysis:

“Middle Holocene Bison Diet and Mobility in the Eastern Great Plains (USA) Based on ?13C, ?18O, and 87Sr/86Sr analyses of tooth enamel carbonate” by Chris Widga, J. Douglas Walker, and Lisa Stockli can be found here

For more information on bison locally: 

Dr. Ken Cannon's 2020 presentation on Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Special Guests

Dr. Kenneth Cannon

Website: https://cannonheritage.com/

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth_Cannon

Email: [email protected]

 

Dr. Jeff Martin

Website: https://bisonjeff.weebly.com/

Center of Excellence for Bison Studies: https://www.sdstate.edu/directory/jeff-martin

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeff_Martin5

Email: [email protected]

 

Jason Baldes

Articles written for the National Wildlife Federation: https://blog.nwf.org/authors/jason-baldes/

Articles for more information:

 https://wyomingwildlife.org/baldes-bison-what-the-return-of-buffalo-means-to-native-peoples/

https://woc.aises.org/content/jason-baldes-eastern-shoshone-wind-river-native-advocacy-center-executive-director

https://www.montana.edu/news/mountainsandminds/19345/the-descendants

Email: [email protected]

 

Dr. Lawrence Todd

Website: http://grslearchaeology.org/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lawrence_Todd

 

Dr. Chris Widga

Website: https://www.etmnh.org/about/directory/chris-widga

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris_Widga

Email: [email protected]