title: Early canid burial from the Western ozark highland.
abstract: A dog skeleton unearthed at Rodgers Shelter, Benton County, Missouri, came from a zone dating at approximately 5500 B.C. The animal, buried in a shallow pit beneath a tumulus of limestone rocks, is one of the earliest instances of canid interment to be recorded for North America.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: McMiilan