The Results of Using Associated Records to Facilitate New Research: Recent Excavations at the Elk Mountain Site (48CR301)

Summary

The Elk Mountain site (48CR301), also known as the Garrett Allen site, is located in south-central Wyoming in the Carbon Basin along Halleck Ridge. The site was excavated every year from 1969 until 1978, and a University of Wyoming field school was held at the site in 1979 and 1980. The excavations were highly productive and recovered artifacts included ceramics, manos, and metates; large amounts of lithic debris, tools, and faunal remains. Despite its productivity, a site report, site map showing the extent of all excavations, and artifact analyses were never completed. In 2014, personnel from the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist began field investigations at 48CR301 in order to relocate the previous excavations, generate a topographic site map, determine the feasibility of future research at the location, and explore a collections-based approach to excavation through information housed in the associated records on file at the University of Wyoming Archaeological Repository. Along with detailing the results of the 2014 excavations, this presentation discusses how useful and important associated records like catalog cards, candid photographs taken by crew members, and field notes are for facilitating new excavations at previously investigated sites.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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