Wyoming Archaeologist 1994
Part of: Wyoming Archaeological Society
Site Name Keywords
helen lookingbill •
48FR308 •
Casper •
48AB459 •
Espy-Cornwell •
48CR4001 •
Mountain Meadow Ranch Burial •
48SW8319
Other Keywords
Education •
Obsidian •
Altithermal •
Culture •
Humor •
X-Ray Fluorescence •
Ethnographic •
Metal Tool •
Prehistoric •
Gender
Culture Keywords
Undifferentiated Native American •
Historic •
Shoshone •
Ute •
Avonlea •
Hell Gap
Material Types
Chipped Stone •
Fauna •
Dating Sample •
Human Remains •
Shell •
Ceramic •
Ground Stone •
Macrobotanical
Temporal Keywords
Late Prehistoric •
Late Paleoindian •
Historic •
Late Archaic •
Modern •
Protohistoric •
Early Archaic
Geographic Keywords
Laramie Basin •
North Platte Basin •
Colorado •
Green River Basin •
Michigan •
Absaroka Mountains •
Wyoming
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An Early Historic Period Horse Skeleton from Southwestern Wyoming (1994)
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During archaeological monitoring of highway construction at site 48SW8319 in 1991, the remains of a single modern horse, Equus caballus, were uncovered by heavy construction equipment. The site is located next to the Blacks Fork River in Sweetwater County. The site lies in the Green River geomorphic basin (also known as the Bridger Basin) of southwestern Wyoming, on the east side of the Blacks Fork River near the head of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Gravel deposits are present in the terrace and...
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Engendered Comics and Social Interdependency: An Ethnography of the University of Wyoming Visiting Archaeological Scholars' Laboratory (1994)
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In the spring of 1994, ethnographic fieldwork was conducted at the University of Wyoming Visiting Scholars’ laboratory . The organization of the labor process was analyzed that evidenced social interdependency. The laboratory functioned properly because of the pragmatic actions of the director of the laboratory. While openly demonstrating personal views on gender biases in western society, the University, and archaeology, the director diffused any animosity among workers by adorning the...
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Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 38, Issues 1-2 (1994)
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Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 38, Issues 1-2
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Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 38, Issues 3-4 (1994)
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Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 38, Issues 3-4
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The Mountain Meadow Ranch Burial from Southeastern Wyoming (1994)
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Salvage excavations of a Late Prehistoric burial found in a small overhang of a sandstone outcrop in southeastern Wyoming produced remains of an older-aged female Native American Indian of unknown biological affinities. Previous excavations by collectors recovered 86 tubular bone beads, eight corner-notched projectile points and one fresh water bivalve shell pendant. The Late Prehistoric age is suggested by the projectile points found in association with the human remains and their similarity to...
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Prehistoric Obsidian Utilization in the Central Rocky Mountains: The Lookingbill Site 48FR308 (1994)
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XRF (x-ray fluorescence) spectroscopy was used to study obsidian artifacts collected from the Helen Lookingbill site (48FR308). The site is located in the southern Absaroka Mountains, a part of the Central Rocky Mountains of Wyoming. Using XRF, the trace element proportions for artifacts were compared to trace element proportions for known sources to identify the sources of the artifacts. The artifacts were produced from four obsidian sources west and northwest of the site. The pattern of...
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Review of Logging the Rockies (1994)
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Review of Logging the Rockies
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Review of Window In Time: The Story of the Discovery of the Casper Site (1994)
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Review of Window In Time: The Story of the Discovery of the Casper Site
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The Wyoming Archaeological Society Joseph Cramer Grant and the 1990 Archaeological Investigations at 48CR4001: The Espy-Cornwell Site, Carbon County, Wyoming (1994)
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Archaeological excavations and research at 48CR4001 have been conducted from 1983 to 1993. The site, located approximately 16 miles south of Rawlins, Wyoming, is situated on the east face of a north-south trending exposure of Lance Formation sandstone. It is at an elevation of 2195 meters (7200 feet) above mean sea level (AMSL). Vegetation on the site is characteristic of a low sagebrush-grassland community. In 1990, the archaeological investigations and subsequent research was generously funded...