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<< Other Photo Pages >> Vore Buffalo Jump - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in United States in The Plains

Submitted by davidmorgan on Monday, 07 September 2015  Page Views: 3806

Natural PlacesSite Name: Vore Buffalo Jump
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 88.989 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Plains Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Sundance  Nearest Village: Beulah
Latitude: 44.535904N  Longitude: 104.156652W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Lots of bison remains Image copyright: sunflowerpatch (Kimberly Parlee), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Natural Feature in Crook County, Wyoming, USA

The Vore Buffalo Jump is on the interface between what were once great bison pastures of the northern Great Plains and the Black Hills, making it highly attractive to various groups of buffalo hunters. In about 300 years, the site was used by five or more tribes.

The rich cultures and fascinating history of the Plains Indians developed around the immense bison herds and grasslands and of western North America.

Many Native American groups believe the Black Hills have spiritual properties as well as important material resources.

Events at the Vore Site can be dated with precision that is unprecedented among archeological excavations in part because the annual layers of sediment, called varves, that washed into the sink hole can be counted much like tree rings.

When combined with other dating techniques, these varves allow scientists to estimate the dates of “jumps” at the site with amazing accuracy. The varves also provide evidence about weather cycles, ecological change, and other factors of interest.

The Vore Buffalo Jump features enormous quantities of bone and stone artifacts that are perfectly preserved in discrete, precisely datable layers and held in place within a natural bowl.

Within the site are the butchered remnants of as many as 20,000 bison as well as thousands of chipped stone arrow points, knives, and other tools. The materials are contained within 22 cultural levels that extend downward to a depth of nearly 20 feet.

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Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Vore Buffalo Jump Another older sign telling about this place. I'll go look. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Vore Buffalo Jump Readable sign that explains this place. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Southwest Rim I put a note on the pic. This is where the buffalo were guided to be run over the edge. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Many Bones This pit is only a fraction of what is here in this sinkhole. If you dig anywhere outside the building you will find much the same as this pit inside of it. Looks like lots of death here, but life for the people of their time and I love it. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : More Bones Over the past 6000 years this place was a favorite, but not used each year. Sometimes there was a gap of up to 30 years between usage of this jump. Dirt, dust, falling rocks filled the pit over time to create succesive layers. The sinkhole is limestone with lots of gypsum which helped to preserve the bones. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Recent Excavation This area was uncovered within the last two weeks before I took this photo. My guide has watched them dig here and explained how meticilous they were and what they found. Most enjoyable to hear about it as I love this stuff. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Lazer Pointer My guide was pointing at things with his lazer pointer. It's on a skull that is upside down and the light is at the rear of the upper jaw, to the left you can see the horns bending into the red dirt. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Many Bones Hahaha...I can't help writing this. It disproves the...indians used every part of the buffalo view. If they did, we wouldn't be seeing all of this they left behind. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Pit of Bison Bones It doesn't seem very big when you are there, but this is only a part of what this site holds. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Present Dig Pit This is what I want to see. The bison insitu, and here it is! I will go look closer. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Bones-3 The extremities...legs and feet. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Bones-2 Ribs, hoofs, vertebrae. Plastic replicas. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Bones-1 Skull and some other important bones. Plastic replicas. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Scrapers Replicas of some of the scrapers found here to butcher and prepare hides. I like the Knife River flint from N. Dakota. I have found some of it in different places here to. It is easily identifiable as it is brownish like the colour of a quart beer bottle. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Arrowheads They are plastic replicas, but still interesting. 400 years is depicted here in this case. They estimate there are probably about 7000 more arrowheads still burried at this site that have not been unearthed yet. They say this buffalo jump was used for the past 6000 years and only ended when the indians got horses and could hunt them with arrows and rifles, so no longer needed to use thi...

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Display Table This part of the exhibit was to show the different uses of the buffalo. I put note explaing everything on the pic. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Looking Down into the Sink Hole The building covers the present dig area for the kill site. I'll put a note at the location the bison were run over the edge of the hole. They were going to build I-90 right over this sink hole by filling it in, but then it was discovered what was in it, so they went around it. The Vore family, who owned the land gave it to the university of Wyoming, but they didn't...

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Approaching the Sink Hole This is the NW rim of the big sinkhole. We walked over to the edge up ahead and my guide told me about how the indians used the jump and the directions they hearded the bufflao to get them to fall in it. I liked the yucca plants and took this pic of them. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Visitor Center This is inside the visitor center where you pay the entry fee and begin the tour. It's a real nice place and full of information about the site and the people who used it. I knew most of it already, but hadn't seen the artifacts as of yet. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Jumble of Bones In the visitor building up on top, a display case with replicas of what it looks like in the buffalo jum pit down below. There are some arrow heads and scrapers mixed in there too...you can look for them yourself if you have time to waste and interest in it. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Vore Buffalo Jump
Vore Buffalo Jump submitted by Flickr : Skulls & Bones! Nope, they're not from pirates. Bear skull, a Wolf skull, and a Buffalo skull with a big hole in it for taking the brains out for tanning hides. The leg bones show evidence of being chewed on. These are plastic replicas. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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