Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Interpretive Centre
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Located 18 km north & west of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada at a location where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains meet the great plains, one of the world's oldest, largest, and best preserved buffalo jumps --Head-Smashed-In-- can be found. Head-Smashed-In -- a Unesco World Heritage Site -- has been used continuously by aboriginal peoples of the plains for more than 5,500 years.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump: A World Heritage Site
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is known around the world as a remarkable testimony of prehistoric life. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump bears witness to a custom practiced by native people of the North American plains for nearly 6000 years.
Thanks to their excellent understanding of topography and of bison behavior, native people killed bison by chasing them over a precipice. They then carved up the carcasses in the camp set up below the cliffs.
In 1981, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the Jump as a World Heritage Site placing it among other world attractions such as the Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge and the Galapagos Islands. For more information, consult www.unesco.org
A quick video introduction to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. |
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