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Hudson-Meng Bison Kill

Hudson-Meng Bison Kill is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hudson-Meng Bison Kill rather than just read about it. In short: The Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed site, officially named the Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center, is a fossil site located in the Oglala National Grassland of Sioux County, Nebraska 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Crawford. It contains the 10,000-year-old remains of up to 600 bison.

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Reference excerpt

The Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed site, officially named the Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center, is a fossil site located in the Oglala National Grassland of Sioux County, Nebraska 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Crawford. It contains the 10,000-year-old remains of up to 600 bison. Open seasonally, the site features a visitor center with interpretive exhibits and views of the bones. Guided tours are available. The Bison Trail to Toadstool Geologic Park is a 3 miles (4.8 km) hike.

History Bill Hudson and Albert Meng were local ranchers who are credited with discovering the bonebed in 1954 while digging for a pond. Originally excavated by Dr. Larry Agenbroad in the 1970s, the dig was over 400 square meters and was considered the largest Alberta Culture bison kill site ever discovered. The bison found are not the same species as the bison that currently live in the United States (Bison bison), but are an animal transitional in evolution between the extinct Bison antiquus and the modern species. In the 1990s, the site underwent another series of excavations by Drs. Larry Todd of Colorado State University and David Rapson of the University of Wyoming, who determined that the bison died of unknown natural causes and that the site was not in fact a kill site. In 2005, PaleoCultural Research Group and the University of Colorado undertook excavations at the site. In 2006, the USFS made Dr. Mark Muñiz of St. Cloud State University the principal investigator for archeological research. The research since 2006 has uncovered an Eden component at the site in addition to the Alberta component. The site was managed for two years by The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota under the supervision of the United States Forest Service. As of 2009, the site is managed by the US Forest Service out of Chadron, Nebraska.

References

External links

Hudson-Meng Education & Research Center - US Forest Service Colorado State University 2002 Field Seminar about the Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Summary of Recent Fieldwork at the Hudson-Meng Site - by L. C. Todd and D. J. Rapson, 1991–1998

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hudson-Meng Bison Kill

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hudson-Meng Bison Kill claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hudson-Meng Bison Kill before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hudson-Meng Bison Kill ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hudson-Meng Bison Kill

In research: Hudson-Meng Bison Kill appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hudson-Meng Bison Kill in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hudson-Meng Bison Kill is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1954 archaeological discoveries, Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska, Buffalo jumps, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hudson-Meng Bison Kill outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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