AN ADDITIONAL RECORD OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN ELK (CERVUS ELAPHUS) FROM NORTH TEXAS

摘要

Pfau (1994) reported the first record of physical evidence of the native elk (Cervus elaphus) from Texas. He noted the recovery of the distal end of a tibia of an adult individual from Baylor County in central north Texas. The specimen was radiocarbon dated at 295 (± 50) YBP. This note is to bring attention to the report of a second elk specimen from northern Texas. Shaffer (1994) cited the recovery of a proximal phalange of an elk from an Early Caddo Indian archaeological site (41DT11) in Delta County in northeast Texas. The specimen was recovered from a garbage midden (Lot 191, Unit 15, Level 5). The midden was dated at 520 to 980 YBP based on six calibrated (1-sigma) radiocarbon samples (Fields & Gadus 1994).