Perforated Elk Teeth: A Functional and Historical Analysis

1957 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V Kidder
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Missouri River ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Society ◽  
Linguistic Groups

In 1955 an archaeological field party from the State Historical Society of North Dakota recovered 2 perforated elk teeth from a village site, 32SI4, on the Missouri River in North Dakota. The excavations at this site were directed by Alan R. Woolworth and the writer. In an attempt to determine the significance of these specimens the writer searched the literature for data on their distribution in archaeological and ethnographic contexts and hints as to their function among socio-linguistic groups.

scholarly journals Pattern and Potential Causes of White-faced Ibis, Plegadis chihi, Establishment in the Northern Prairie and Parkland Region of North America

2007 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill A. Shaffer ◽  
Gregory A. Knutsen ◽  
Ron E. Martin ◽  
Joel S. Brice
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
Breeding Season ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Missouri River ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Nonbreeding Season ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Nesting Activity

The Northern Prairie and Parkland Waterbird Conservation Plan calls for renewed attention to determining the current status of waterbird populations, their distributions, and conservation needs. It highlights the need for baseline information on the White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi). In response, we examined the historical and current distribution of the ibis in North Dakota and summarized first sightings and nest records for the provinces and other states composing the northern prairie and parkland region. The establishment of breeding colonies of White-faced Ibis here may be due to climate and precipitation patterns, invasion and spread of Narrowleaf Cattail (Typha angustifolia), changes in agricultural practices, habitat loss and range expansion in the southern and western portions of the species’ range, and increases in ibis populations in the Intermountain West. We placed special emphasis on North Dakota, a state for which there is scant published information concerning the current status of this species. In recent decades, the ibis has become a regular breeding-season resident in North Dakota and in other areas of the northern prairie and parkland region. From 1882 to 2002, there were 145 reports of one or more Whitefaced Ibis in North Dakota, including 93 reports during the breeding season (15 May to 31 August), 49 during the nonbreeding season (1 September to 14 May), and three for which the season of occurrence was not reported. Prior to the 1960s, there were only three records of the species in North Dakota. Observations of White-faced Ibises in North Dakota increased dramatically between the 1960s and the early 21st century, and the species has been observed nearly annually since 1971. The first White-faced Ibis nesting activity in the state was recorded in 1978, and to date, there have been 21 known records of nesting activity in the state. The species nested in large (>300 ha) semipermanent or permanent wetlands within mixed-species colonies ranging in areal extent from small (0.1 ha) to fairly large (27 ha), and colonies were located in patches of emergent vegetation dominated by cattails (Typha) and bulrushes (Scirpus). We classify the White-faced Ibis as a fairly common migrant and a locally uncommon breeder east of the Missouri River and a casual migrant west of the Missouri River.

An Unusual Side-Bladed Knife from a Protohistoric Mandan Site

1945 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Wm. Duncan Strong
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
Missouri River ◽  
Abraham Lincoln ◽  
Present Specimen ◽  
Historical Society ◽  
European Contact ◽  
The North ◽  
Unusual Type

In 1938, a seemingly unusual type of side-bladed knife with its stone blade in place was excavated at the Old Fort Abraham Lincoln Mandan village, across the Missouri River from Bismarck, North Dakota. This specimen, now in the collections of the North Dakota Historical Society, was found in an ash-filled storage pit at a depth of 90 cm. The same pit also contained two other side-bladed knife handles of bone and three ovoid stone knife blades, as well as other artifacts, some indicating European contact. The Old Fort Abraham Lincoln village is of protohistoric age and was occupied by the Mandan prior to 1800. The general characteristics of the site and the excavations in question have been outlined elsewhere. The present specimen (Fig. 6, left) is distinctive in that the lanceolate blade of Knife River flint is so inserted that one corner of the butt serves as the cutting corner or point of the knife.

Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Vol. V

1925 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 595
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Coleman ◽  
O. G. Libby
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Society

Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota

1926 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 619
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Coleman ◽  
O. G. Libby
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Society

Interaction between the state and religious confessions in the christian world: historical analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
T.T. Aimukhambetov ◽  
◽  
N.L. Seitakhmetova ◽  
E.F. Yessekeyeva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Historical Analysis ◽  
The State

Sunflower Diseases Remain Rare in California Seed Production Fields Compared to North Dakota

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Gulya ◽  
Suzanne Rooney-Latham ◽  
Jean S. Miller ◽  
Kathleen Kosta ◽  
Colleen Murphy-Vierra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum ◽  
The State ◽  
California Department ◽  
Diagnostic Laboratory ◽  
Plasmopara Halstedii ◽  
Puccinia Helianthi ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Phoma Macdonaldii ◽  
Sunflower Production

The majority of United States sunflower production is in seven Midwestern states, but hybrid planting seed is almost exclusively produced in California. Due to the lack of summer rains and furrow irrigation, California-produced seed is relatively disease free and thus it regularly meets phytosanitary restrictions imposed by many countries. For the 15-year period from 1997 to 2011, 7231 seed fields in northern California were inspected and samples processed at the state diagnostic laboratory (California Department of Food and Agriculture). Rust (Puccinia helianthi) was the most prevalent quarantine disease, found in 4.3% of fields. Stalk rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) and downy mildew (Plasmopara halstedii) were the only other quarantine pathogens observed, found in 2.6% and 0.5% of the 7231 fields, respectively. Many sunflower pathogens have never been recorded in California, including Phoma macdonaldii, Phomopsis helianthi, or any virus. North Dakota, the state with the highest US sunflower production, had quarantine pathogens in 88% of 1263 fields surveyed from 1995 to 2011. Phoma macdonaldii, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Puccinia helianthi, Phomopsis helianthi, Plasmopara halstedii, and Verticillium dahliae were recorded in 62, 54, 37, 33, 14, and 12%, respectively, of North Dakota fields. Accepted for publication 5 November 2012. Published 14 December 2012.

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