Coal Draw, East Douglas Creek, Northwestern Co, Late Archaic projectile point (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott. PaleoResearch Institute.

Site 5RB 1872 is a Late Archaic site located near the head of Coal Draw, an intermittent drainage which flows into East Douglas Creek less than a mile upstream from the confluence of East and West Douglas Creeks. Monitoring of bulldozer activity revealed eight identifiable strata of alluvium and five lenses of charcoal and ash. A single Late Archaic projectile point base and a quartzite sandstone flake made up the artifact assemblage. A well constructed fire hearth was noted in the lowest...