Paleoindian Activity in the Washakie Wilderness, Absaroka Range, Wyoming

Summary

This is an abstract from the "New and Ongoing Research on the North American Plains and Rocky Mountains" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

More than 15 years of systematic surveys in the Washakie Wilderness area by the GRSLE archaeology project in the Shoshone National Forest, northwest Wyoming, has yielded a sample of over 30 Paleoindian projectile points at a mean elevation of 2885m. These specimens provide clues about early prehistoric activity at high elevations in the region. Here we summarize the occurrence of Paleoindian points as to location, inferred activity, and lithic material use in the Washakie Wilderness and compare this with evidence from Paleoindian components in the Big Horn Basin and high elevation sites in adjacent areas. Plains and Mountain-Foothills technologies are represented, including Clovis, Cody, Allen, and Pryor/Lovell types.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• New and Ongoing Research on the North American Plains and Rocky Mountains

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Abstract Id(s): 24297