48SW5 (Site Name Keyword)
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The present appraisal of the archeological resources of the Big Sandy Reservoir is the result of a five-day survey(May 20-24)of the area by two men, George Metcalf and Lee Madison, who were loaned temporarily from the Missouri Basin Project to make the investigations. The purpose of the survey, which was made at the request of the National Park Service, was to determine to what extent archeological remains occur in and near the reservoir area and whether such materials are likely to be...
Data Recovery and Mapping in the Finley Site Area, 1987 (2009)
During the fall of 1987, an archaeological crew from the University of Wyoming and Wyoming State Archaeologist’s Office conducted salvage recovery at a vandalized bonebed locality near the original Finley (48SW5) Paleoindian site in Sweetwater County. Efforts focused (1) on obtaining a bison skeletal sample disturbed earlier, (2) on documenting the site area for the Wyoming SHPO Cultural Records, and (3) on a small testing program to investigate whether intact Cody age archaeological deposits...