Uinta Phase (Temporal Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48SW19958 (21-WAS-008), situated on a narrow ridge and gentle north slope, overlooks Fillmore Creek to the east and moderately large tributaries of Fillmore Creek to the north and south. This site contained 21 scattered fire hearth features and various artifacts that included faunal bone, projectile points, and debitage. This multi-occupation site returned radiocarbon dates suggesting an estimated seven occupations during the Uinta phase of the Late Prehistoric and one occupation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site 48SW17760, located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, documents a prehistoric camp on the east side of a low hill that occupies the eastern side of an interfluvial ridge in the northeastern portion of the Washakie Basin (Matthew Kautzman, personal communication May 4, 2015). Open trench inspection of 2010 pipeline construction and subsequent auger, shovel, and test units identified features and artifacts, dated to 1280 ± 40 BP, or the Uinta Phase (Matthew Kautzman, personal communication May...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Located on a highly undulating plain, amid interfluvial ridges and broad, shallow valleys, Site 48CR9599 represents a small prehistoric camp situated at the toe of a low, sand-covered hill in the Washakie Basin. Identified through 2009 WFS Coal Bank 5-50 pipeline monitoring, Site 48CR9599 lies between Sugarloaf Butte and Coal Bank Draw, demonstrating charcoal stained sediment dating to 1290 ± 40 BP, the Late Prehistoric Uinta phase. Subsequent testing identified six hearth features (Jan...