North America's Oldest Buffalo Jump
This is the site of our continents oldest known buffalo jump located at Mile Canyon in Val Verde Co., Texas. The first definitive jump occurred over 11,700 years ago in 9700 BC at the end of the last Ice Age and bones of extinct bison antiquus were found. It was almost 8,000 years later about 800 BC that the next jump occurred and bone in bone bed 3 were so massive that they combusted thusly giving the shelter under the crevice seen in the photo the name "Bonfire Shelter" It contained bones of Bison bison the modern day bison. Captures of that shelter will follow and it is because of this bison jump that this place is in the National register of historic places. Emile
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