Atypical Stone Artifacts from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site, 48CR301

Author(s): David Eckles

Year: 2019

Summary

Recent research on the Garrett Allen site has discussed the excavation history, projectile points and chronology of the site (Eckles 2013), chipped stone raw materials and obsidian sourcing (Eckles and Guinard 2015), chipped stone projectile points (Eckles and Miller 2019), and research potential of the collection (Clauter 2013). Data on these topics have indicated support for the idea the site represents a series of special place gatherings over about 3,100 years of prehistoric occupation. Analysis of stone artifact types not often found in Wyoming prehistoric sites is presented here. Included are rarely encountered chipped stone artifacts, ground stone atlatl weights, a steatite pipe bowl fragment, a probable stone pendant, quartz crystals, modified sandstone artifacts, minerals, fossils, and a variety of pebble manuports. The raw materials represented by these stone artifacts were brought into the site, most from considerable distances.

Cite this Record

Atypical Stone Artifacts from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site, 48CR301. David Eckles. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 63 (2): 26-47. 2019 ( tDAR id: 476513) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476513

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Keywords

Culture
Shoshone

Material
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Site Name
48CR301 • Elk Mountain • Garrett Allen

General
Amphibolite • Ceremonial • etley • Fossil • gray ghost • hanna-carbon basin • Hematite • Magnetite • perennial spring • Quartz • Reproduction • Ritual • Steatite • tang • Trade

Geographic Keywords
Medicine Bow Mountains

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic • Late Prehistoric • Middle Archaic • Modern

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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