Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site

Official name

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump | UNESCO

Country

Canada | Map

Continent

North America

Location

Province of Alberta
49.7084° Lat, -113.6520° Lon | Map

Code

158

Time Zone

America/Toronto (EST, -0500)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1981. In south-west Alberta, the remains of marked trails and an aboriginal camp, and a tumulus where vast quantities of buffalo (American Bison) skeletons can still be found, are evidence of a custom practised by aboriginal peoples of the North American plains for nearly 6,000 years. Using their excellent knowledge of the topography and of buffalo behaviour, they killed their prey by chasing them over a precipice; the carcasses were later carved up in the camp below.