Wyoming Archaeologist 1995

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Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 39, Issues 1-2

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Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 39, Issues 3-4

DOCUMENT Full-Text George M. Zeimens. Harry Earl. Geri McIver. Dewey Baars. R. Clayton Housh.

This artifact, probably a hafted knife, was discovered at the Hell Gap site on November 2, 1994, by George Zeimens while on a field trip with a group of third and fourth grade students from Lingle Elementary School. The tool was found on a talus pile in front of an animal burrow. The burrow had been dug into the perpendicular stream bank approximately 25 m southwest of the western edge of the Harvard Area I excavations, and about 0.95 m below the present ground surface. It is presumed that the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa Connor. Raymond Kunselman.

We used X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy to identify nine obsidian sources used by the prehistoric inhabitants of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This paper examines this prehistoric use of obsidian and obsidian sources. Variation in utilization patterns is suggested through study of temporally diagnostic obsidian artifacts. The diachronic pattern of sources used allows consideration of the influences in acquisition, distribution, and use of obsidian.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James J. Stewart.

In the Wind River and southern portion of the Big Horn Basins there are ancient Native American drawings of super-humanoids, animals, and geometric figures. Exactitude in understanding or deciphering these ancient religious/artistic endeavors is not available, however, a general understanding and expanded appreciation can be obtained. And, hopefully with that understanding, a desire to see they are protected from both intentional and unintentional vandalism.

DOCUMENT Full-Text George M. Zeimens. Geri McIver. Dewey Baars. Alan and Terry Korell. Sandra Hansen. Harry Earl. R. Clayton Housh.

During the winter of 1984-85 (before Hell Gap was acquired by the Wyoming Archeological Foundation) we observed an unusually large firepit eroding out of the left bank of the arroyo just below the Harvard Locality I excavation area. Numerous flakes, bones, firecracked rocks, and a few pot sherds were also eroding from the matrix surrounding the partially exposed feature. It was obvious that the pit would soon either erode entirely away or be looted by collectors that frequent the site. Much of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Adams. Mary Jane Daniels.

Wyoming’s steatite industry is at least 5500 years old, but steatite vessels are considerably more recent. Just how recent was determined by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dating of the organic residue adhering to the inside of a fragmentary steatite vessel. The date of 101.7 ± 6 yrs BP is the first direct date on a steatite vessel in Wyoming. The surprisingly recent date raises questions about who used steatite vessels. Clearly, Shoshoni (and maybe even Euroamericans) used steatite in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laura L. Scheiber.

Review of Skeletal Biology in the Great Plains: Migration Warfare, Health, and Subsistence

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Eckles.

Review of The Cheyenne in Plains Indian Trade Relations 1795-1840

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark E. Miller.

Review of The U.S. Army in the West, 1870-1880: Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment

DOCUMENT Full-Text David J. Rapson.

Review of Vertebrate Taphonomy

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dr. Nina A. Kononenko. Dr. Aleksander A. Kryp. Dr. Andrei V. Tabarev.

In 1993 and 1994, archaeologists from the Institute of History , Archaeology and Ethnography of the People of the Far East (Vladivostok, Russia), Far Eastern State University (Vladivostok, Russia), and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (Novosibirsk, Russia) investigated a new pre-ceramic (12-11,000 years B.P.) site, Ustinovka-VI, in the Maritime Region (Primorie), of the Russian Far East. Even the preliminary results of the excavations permit an interpretation of the assemblage of the...