POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48SW 14641, THE RED WASH SITE IN THE RED DESERT, WYOMING
Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings
Year: 2006
Summary
Site 48SW14641, the Red Wash site, is located north of the town of Red Desert,
Wyoming. The site exhibited two components, an Archaic component overlain by a Late
Prehistoric component. Both have been subject to wind deflation and erosion. Cultural material
was sparse and included a small assemblage of chipped stone debitage and several McKean
Techno-complex projectile points. No butchered bone was recovered. Radiocarbon ages
varying from 4160 ± 40 to 4440 ± 50 BP represent the Archaic occupation, while a radiocarbon
age of 1670 ± 40 BP represents the Late Prehistoric occupation.
Cite this Record
POLLEN ANALYSIS AT 48SW 14641, THE RED WASH SITE IN THE RED DESERT, WYOMING. Linda Scott Cummings. 2006 ( tDAR id: 379347) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8TT4QD1
Keywords
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Basin Fill
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Pollen Anlysis
Geographic Keywords
Red Desert, Wyoming
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