Obsidian Source Utilization at the Trappers Point Antelope Kill Site 48SU1006

Author(s): Carmen Clayton; Raymond Kunselman

Year: 2002

Summary

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy was used to study obsidian artifacts collected from the Trappers Point Site, a multicomponent Early Archaic pronghorn processing site, located west of Pinedale, Wyoming in Sublette County. The trace element concentrations for artifacts were compared to trace element concentrations from known sources. The majority (80%) of the identified materials were from the closest sources in Jackson Hole. The rest came from Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone National Park and two sources in Idaho.

Cite this Record

Obsidian Source Utilization at the Trappers Point Antelope Kill Site 48SU1006. Carmen Clayton, Raymond Kunselman. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 46 (2): 83-91. 2002 ( tDAR id: 476403) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476403

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Keywords

Culture
Great Divide Phase, Mummy Cave • Lookingbill

Material
Chipped Stone • Fauna

Site Name
48FR308 • 48SU1006 • helen lookingbill • Trappers Point

General
Economy • Obsidian • Pinedale • Pronghorn • Sublette County • Trade • X-Ray Fluorescence • XRF

Geographic Keywords
Green River Basin

Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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