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Bear Grease

Ep 30: The Folsom Site - Killing Bison with Stone Points (Part 2)

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Bear Grease Podcast, Clay Newcomb takes us back to the site of an ancient bison kill, the one found by George McJunkin on part one of this series. After George’s death it would become known as the Folsom site. It was here that stone tools made by humans were found with a relic form of Pleistocene bison, Bison antiquus, and forever planted an indisputable datapoint into the debate of human antiquity in North America. We’re going to talk with Ol Steve Rinella of MeatEater and the nation’s leading expert on the Folsom Site, Dr. David Meltzer of SMU, who literally wrote the book on Folsom. Dr. Meltzer went back, 70 years after its initial excavation, and excavated it again to find more answers. They discuss the archeological processes that verify the site, what Dr. Meltzer found when he went back, and speculate on how the bison kill took place. I really doubt you’re going to want to miss this one. . .


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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Janice Patelis.

0:01.4

And I'm Jordan Bud.

0:02.5

Jordan and I have spent our lives in the outdoors, both as hunters and professional guys.

0:08.6

And on Meet Eaters newest podcast, Gear Talk, we're taking the ultimate deep dive into the tools and gear we rely on in the field,

0:15.9

seeing the natural season.

0:17.1

We're talking classic, don't leave home without it,

0:20.2

staples, to the cutting edge and outdoor equipment.

0:23.3

Listen to Gear Talk on the iHeart radio app on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

0:36.7

There were so many questions about the site that were unanswered.

0:40.6

That's why I went back 70 years later.

0:43.6

On this episode of the Bear Grease podcast, we're going to the site of an ancient bison kill.

0:50.3

The one found by George McJunkin on part one of the series.

0:54.4

After George's death, it would become known as the Folsom site.

0:58.9

It was here that stone tools made by humans were found with a relic form of pice to seem bison

1:05.8

and forever planted an indisputable data point into the debate of human antiquity in North America.

1:13.6

We're going to talk with Old Steve Rinella, a meat eater,

1:16.7

and the nation's leading expert on the Folsom site, Dr. David Melcer.

1:22.6

He literally wrote the book on Folsom after he went back there,

1:27.1

70 years after its initial excavation and excavated it again to find more answers.

1:34.1

So on this podcast, we're going back to Folsom.

1:38.6

I really doubt you're going to want to miss this one.

1:42.1

But first, I have an overarching question I'd like to present to you and it's this.

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