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It is interesting to note that, of the 6,083 bones and bone fragments recovered from the bed, only 60 were ribs. About 97% of the ribs had been taken elsewhere. This seems puzzling, because they contain little usable flesh as compared with other body parts. A possible explanation may be found among the Nunamiut, who keep caribou rib cages primarily because they are so easily dried and preserved.

Bison Kill At Owl Cave

It's much easier to get the meat off ribs afer they are cooked--plus they have their own handles. In Alaska, where one is required to get the rib-meat off caribou (unless you have a means of transporting the whole rib cages, ie--not in a small bushplane) the most aggravating part of field butchering, IMHO, is getting that particuliar meat.
Although the poor American Indians never got around to inventing beer, I would bet they still enjoyed their barbecued ribs.

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Originally posted by SGraves155:

Although the poor American Indians never got around to inventing beer, I would bet they still enjoyed their barbecued ribs.

Nice! They had peyote, though...