Another Elk Petroglyph from the Gateway Site: Some Possible Functional Implications

Author(s): James D. Keyser; George Poetschat

Year: 2005

Summary

During a field trip in conjunction with the Fall 2006 meeting of the Wyoming Association of Professional Archaeologists (WAPA), the authors led a group to the Gateway petroglyphs (48LN348), which had been recorded two years before (Keyser and Poetschat 2005). During the site visit a combination of low-angled Fall sunlight (on September 16) and the attention of several experienced rock art researchers resulted in the recognition of a large elk figure, only parts of which (legs, antlers) had been previously recorded. In order to provide a more complete site record, we returned to the site a few days after the field trip to record this elk and improve the tracing of another elk figure at the site.

Cite this Record

Another Elk Petroglyph from the Gateway Site: Some Possible Functional Implications. James D. Keyser, George Poetschat. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 49 (2): 3-14. 2005 ( tDAR id: 476425) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476425

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Keywords

Culture
Crow/Hidasta

Site Name
48LN348 • Gateway

General
Rock Art

Geographic Keywords
Green River Basin

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Late Prehistoric

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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