Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of the Red Gulch Reservoir Site, Big Horn County, Wyoming

Author(s): Franklin Fenenga; Frank H. Roberts, Jr.

Year: 1952

Summary

This resource is an archeological reconnaissance of the Red Gulch Reservoir area completed by the Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution, in June 1951. The field party consisted of Franklin Fenenga, archeologist, and Frederick H. West, assistant. A paleontological reconnaissance of the same region was undertaken by Dr. Theodore E. White of the Missouri Valley Project in the summer of 1947, and the results have been printed.

Investigations consisted of field exploration and local inquiry. Areas of scientific interest were photographed, identified on maps, and site data were recorded on standard forms.

Cite this Record

Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of the Red Gulch Reservoir Site, Big Horn County, Wyoming. Franklin Fenenga, Frank H. Roberts, Jr.. 1952 ( tDAR id: 40459) ; doi:10.6067/XCV87D2X71

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Crow

Material
Chipped Stone • lithics

Site Name
48BH201

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Quarry • Reservoir • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Barren • Bureau of Reclamation • Chipping Station • Paleontological Resources • Paleontology

Geographic Keywords
56003 (Fips Code) • Badlands • Big Horn (County) • Big Horn County Museum • Big Horn Mountains • High Plains • Jurassic Sundance Formation • Morrison Formation • North America (Continent) • Red Gulch • Triassic Chugwater Formation • United States of America (Country) • Wyoming (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.622; min lat: 44.166 ; max long: -107.145; max lat: 45.002 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): Frederick H. West; Theodore E. White

Principal Investigator(s): Franklin Fenenga

Project Director(s): Frank H.H. Roberts

Prepared By(s): Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 900139

NADB citation id number(s): 000000111452

Notes

General Note: Multiple tDAR resources were created in the past by the National Archaeological Database. All useful and important information has been combined into this current resource.

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
Appraisal_Red-Gulch-Reservoir-Site--WY_1952_OCR.pdf 385.11kb Nov 17, 2014 11:42:37 PM Public