Woodchuck remains in northern Arizona caves [Restes de marmotte des bois dans les cavernes du nord de l'Arizona].

Résumé

Bones of yellow-bellied marmot occur in various archaeological sites associated with caves and rocksheleter site in the Great Basin and southwestern United States, but local extinctions and range changes for this marmot have been attributed to climatic changes rather than prehistoric overkill. Marmota remains from three places in northeastern Arizona associated with Indian sites variously dated between about A.D. 200 and A.D. 1300; aboriginal transport cannot be ruled out. Other remains (some or all of which may be Pleisto- cene) are known from caves in the Grand Canyon and Flagstaff areas of Arizona.