Castle Gardens Ceramic Vessel

Lawrence Loendorf

Castle Gardens Ceramic Vessel

Year: 2002

Summary

In 1987 a broken ceramic vessel was discovered at the Castle Gardens site in central Wyoming. Craig Bromley, Bureau of Land Management, assisted by members of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, conducted a test excavation recovering about 80% of the pot. Gail Gossett carefully restored the pot (Figure 1). In 1996, the Bureau of Land Management asked me to examine the restored pot; to offer a description of its manufacturing technique and its other attributes; and to compare the pot to other ceramic wares (Loendorf 1996). The subsequent report is part of the “gray” literature and unfortunately not available for general use. This is apparent in an article on the Carter Site – a site less than 50 kilometers northeast of Castle Gardens. William Martin (2000) who reports on the excavations of the Carter Site does not include the Castle Gardens vessel in his comparative analysis. It is clear the Castle Gardens report should be published so other archaeologists can use the information in future ceramic comparisons.