Late Plains Archaic (Temporal Keyword)
1-2 (2 Records)
In the fall of 1990, archeological investigations were conducted at 48TE412 in advance of visitor facility relocation projects in the Jenny Lake Developed Area, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The site is located at the outlet of String Lake, which is located north of the much larger Jenny Lake. Previous work at the site recovered worked lithics, animal bone, hearths, and evidence of culturally significant subsurface deposits. The 1990 fieldwork included the mapping and excavation of...
POLLEN AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF A METATE FROM 34HP138 (2003)
A metate was recovered from Feature 1, a large storage pit that yielded a calibrated radiocarbon age of AD 1400-1450 on corn from the fill. This Late Plains Village or early Protohistoric site is located in a dune field between the Cimarron and Beaver River drainages in western Oklahoma. The grinding surface of the metate was washed to recover pollen evidence of foods that might have been ground.