Scientists Solve the Mystery of an Abandoned 1100-Year-Old Bison Hunting Site

Recurring droughts and shifts to larger-scale hunting led to the abandonment of the Bergstrom bison site about 1,100 years ago, despite abundant bison. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples across the Great Plains hunted bison as a central part of their way of life. It was not until the late 1800s that commercial overhunting drove [...]