Kaplan-Hoover Site
Larimer County
Although arroyo trapping was a common Archaic period hunting tactic, Kaplan-Hoover represents one of the largest single-event arroyo kills ever documented. It is the first specialized bison kill and butchery site known for this time period in Colorado.
Kaplan-Hoover Site (2001 photograph.)
The site can yield significant information about Late Archaic period bison hunting and subsistence strategies on the central High Plains, including a contribution to our understanding of bison paleoecology (bison size and evolution, bison herd composition and size). The site can also provide insights to bison hunting seasonality, bison butchery, and taphonomy.