Preliminary Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of Lake Solitude Reservoir, Big Horn County, Wyoming

Author(s): Jack T. Hughes; Wesley L. Bliss

Year: 1947

Summary

The proposed. Lake Solitude Reservoir site was visited on August 21 and 22, 1946, by Wesley L, Bliss and Jack T. Hughes. Lake Solitude was the sixth of ten reservoir sites investigated by this party during
August and September of the 19A-6 field season. Examination of Lake Solitude was part of an archeological and paleontological reconnaissance of top priority reservoirs in the Wyoming - Montana region. The reconnaissance formed an initial step in the project of salvaging the most significant cultural and fossil remains endangered by the Missouri River Basin development program.

Cite this Record

Preliminary Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of Lake Solitude Reservoir, Big Horn County, Wyoming. Jack T. Hughes, Wesley L. Bliss. 1947 ( tDAR id: 40479) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RN39Z7

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Keywords

Material
Faunal Remains

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Salvage Archaeology

Geographic Keywords
56003 (Fips Code) • Big Horn (County) • Big Horn Mountains • Big Horn National Forest • Big Horn River • Big Horn River Drainage • Cloud Peak • Lake Solitude • Lake Solitude Reservoir • Montana (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Northcentral Wyoming • Paint Rock Creek • 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): Wesley L. Bliss; Jack T. Hughes

Field Director(s): Waldo R. Wedel

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

Submitted To(s): Missouri River Basin Recreation Survey, Region 2, National Park Service

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 900120

NADB citation id number(s): 000000111433

Notes

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

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