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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
| Site number: | 158 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1981 | |
| Location: | North America, Canada, Province of Alberta | |
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| Description: | The site (in south-west Alberta) through the remains of marked trails, aboriginal campground, and a tumulus filled with vast quantities of buffalo skeletons (American Bison) testifies to a custom practised by North American aboriginal peoples of the plains for nearly 6,000 years. The inhabitants utilizing their excellent topography knowledge and understanding of buffalo behaviour, chasing their prey over a precipice before killing it; the carcasses were then carved up in the camp below. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is located where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie 18 km northwest of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada on highway 785. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and museum of Native culture. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/158 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |