Prehistoric Obsidian Utilization in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana and Wyoming

Author(s): Raymond Kunselman; Wilfred M. Husted

Year: 1996

Summary

X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy was used to determine the source of 107 obsidian projectile points in surface collections from the Beartooth Mountains of south-central Montana and northwest Wyoming. Seventy-two percent of the points were from Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Evidence was found for change of source usage when the artifacts were grouped into cultural affiliation periods.

Cite this Record

Prehistoric Obsidian Utilization in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana and Wyoming. Raymond Kunselman, Wilfred M. Husted. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 40 (1): 27-34. 1996 ( tDAR id: 476554) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476554

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Keywords

Culture
Undifferentiated Native American

Material
Chipped Stone

General
Beartooth Mountains • Obsidian • x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy • XRF

Geographic Keywords
Montana • Northwest Wyoming

Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic • Late Archaic • Late Paleoindian • Late Prehistoric • Middle Archaic

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Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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