A Late Prehistoric Bison Jump (48CK1281) Crook County, Wyoming

Author(s): David Eckles

Year: 2004

Summary

During the spring of 1995, the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist located an area containing bison (Bison bison) bone and chipped stone artifacts eroding from several locations in a colluvial deposit at the base of a high ridge (Figures 1-3). This site was found during a class III survey for a Wyoming Department of Transportation borrow area, which was subsequently not developed. It is on federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Newcastle Field Office.

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A Late Prehistoric Bison Jump (48CK1281) Crook County, Wyoming. David Eckles. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 48 (2): 43-48. 2004 ( tDAR id: 476420) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476420

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