Wyoming Archaeologist 2019

Part of: Wyoming Archaeological Society

Site Name Keywords
Garrett Allen • Elk Mountain • 48CR301 • Maxon Ranch • Mummy Cave • Willow Springs • lodaiska • Muddy Creek • Butler-Rissler • Eden-Farson

Other Keywords
Steatite • hanna-carbon basin • perennial spring • Trade • Ritual • Fossil • Quartz • Amphibolite • Hematite • Ceremonial

Culture Keywords
Shoshone • McKean • Pelican Lake • Avonlea • Besant • Rose Spring

Material Types
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Ceramic • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Metal • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Late Prehistoric • Modern • Protohistoric

Geographic Keywords
Medicine Bow Mountains

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  • Documents (4)
  • Atypical Stone Artifacts from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site, 48CR301 (2019)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text David Eckles.

    Recent research on the Garrett Allen site has discussed the excavation history, projectile points and chronology of the site (Eckles 2013), chipped stone raw materials and obsidian sourcing (Eckles and Guinard 2015), chipped stone projectile points (Eckles and Miller 2019), and research potential of the collection (Clauter 2013). Data on these topics have indicated support for the idea the site represents a series of special place gatherings over about 3,100 years of prehistoric occupation....

  • Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 63, Issue 1 (2019)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos

    Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 63, Issue 1

  • Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 63, Issue 2 (2019)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos

    Front matter for Wyoming Archaeologist, Volume 63, Issue 2

  • Projectile Points from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site, 48CR301 (2019)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text David Eckles. Mark Miller.

    The Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) archaeological site is located in southeastern Carbon County, Wyoming at the northern end of the Medicine Bow Mountains and southern edge of the Hanna-Carbon Basin. It is within a homoclinal valley adjacent to the perennial Quealy Spring which forms an ephemeral drainage flowing north-northwest. The site is surrounded by Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, primarily of the Pine Ridge Sandstone (Hayter 1983:5). Previously published articles on the site have...