Eagle Tree Site (Site Name Keyword)
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The Eagle Tree site (48CO2920), a Late Prehistoric campsite, lies 2 km south of Antelope Creek in Converse County, Wyoming. Multiple thermal features indicate Thunder Basin Phase occupation. A charcoal fragment from hearth feature B11-F1 was submitted for identification. Previous radiocarbon analysis (Beta-361182) of this feature yielded a date of 1070 ± 30 BP (Munson 2014:27).
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF GROUNDSTONE AND POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL FROM THE EAGLE TREE SITE (48CO2920) IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING (2014)
The Eagle Tree site (48CO2920) is a prehistoric campsite situated on a partial bench and terrace above an ephemeral drainage near Antelope Creek. Excavations exposed multiple thermal features from the Thunder Basin Phase. Feature BF-F1, a hearth or oven, dated to the Late Prehistoric period and yielded a groundstone metate that was submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, and protein residue analyses. Analyses were conducted to contribute information about the function of the artifact and food...