Upper Republican (Other Keyword)
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During the winter of 1984-85 (before Hell Gap was acquired by the Wyoming Archeological Foundation) we observed an unusually large firepit eroding out of the left bank of the arroyo just below the Harvard Locality I excavation area. Numerous flakes, bones, firecracked rocks, and a few pot sherds were also eroding from the matrix surrounding the partially exposed feature. It was obvious that the pit would soon either erode entirely away or be looted by collectors that frequent the site. Much of...
A Reclassification of the High Plains Upper Republican Ceramics from Buick Campsite: Buick Collared and Buick Straight (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ceramics from Buick Campsite (5EL1), a High Plains Upper Republican open camp in eastern Colorado, were previously classified as Frontier and Cambridge ware of the Central Plains Tradition Upper Republican Culture. However, analyses of 568 sherds from excavations and surface collections indicate that vessel morphology was significantly different than...
Varieties of Corner-Notched Arrow Points In Wyoming (2021)
An examination of corner-notched arrow points in Wyoming is presented. Emphasis will be on points commonly included in the Rose Spring/ Rosegate series with an analysis of other cornernotch arrow points which are probably not part of the Rose Spring/Rosegate series. Data were gathered from both excavated and dated components as well as from surface recorded sites in Wyoming. These data were searched in the Wyoming SHPO Cultural Records Office databases from the early 1970s through 2014 (the 2014...