48CO3689 (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

Site 48CO3689 is situated on an escarpment rim of a broad ridge approximately three miles northeast of North Platte River, Converse County, Wyoming. A cluster of burned rocks on the surface identified an unlined hearth that lacked any diagnostic artifacts. Subsurface core testing indicated intact ash-stained sediment submitted for macrofloral analysis and subsequent AMS radiocarbon age determination. Nearby sites, also situated on this ridge crest, indicate occupation as early as the Middle...