Western Oklahoma (Geographic Keyword)
1-2 (2 Records)
A metate was recovered from Feature 1, a large storage pit that yielded a calibrated radiocarbon age of AD 1400-1450 on corn from the fill. This Late Plains Village or early Protohistoric site is located in a dune field between the Cimarron and Beaver River drainages in western Oklahoma. The grinding surface of the metate was washed to recover pollen evidence of foods that might have been ground.
PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE BULL CREEK CACHE, SITE 34BV180, OKLAHOMA (2006)
A total of 15 stone tools from the Bull Creek Cache, site 34BV180, in western Oklahoma were tested for possible protein residues. One soil control sample also was submitted for analysis. The Bull Creek Cache is a Clovis tool cache containing 112 lithic artifacts located along Bull Creek, a tributary to the Beaver River, just downstream from the Bull Creek site. The cache consists of bifaces, flakes, large overshot flakes, and blades that exhibit edge shaping and resharpening, suggesting...