Lithic Artifacts of the Firehole Basin Site (48SW1217)

Author(s): Patrick M. Lubinski; Lowell T. Evans; Michael D. Metcalf

Year: 2007

Summary

Despite the central role of the Firehole Basin site in the conception of the Firehole phase in the Wyoming Basin, the lithic assemblage has never been reported. Excavated in 1976 and 1977, the site yielded chipped and ground stone, pottery, abundant faunal remains dominated by pronghorn, and two radiocarbon dates (625 ± 50 and 645 ± 45 RCYBP). Identifiable projectile points from the excavations consist of two tri-notched, two side-notched, and three unnotched arrow points. A Rose Spring point was found on the surface in 1999, and is presumed unrelated to the excavation. Points, a possible Shoshone knife, other tools and debitage were composed of a variety of raw materials, including chert, chalcedony, quartzite, and a trace amount of obsidian from the Teton Pass source. In general the Firehole Basin site lithics conform to the expectations for the Firehole phase.

Cite this Record

Lithic Artifacts of the Firehole Basin Site (48SW1217). Patrick M. Lubinski, Lowell T. Evans, Michael D. Metcalf. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 51 (1): 20-34. 2007 ( tDAR id: 476436) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476436

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Keywords

Culture
Firehole Phase • Rose Spring • Shoshone

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Metal

Site Name
48SW1217 • Firehole Basin

General
Cottonwood Triangular Point • Desert Side Notched • Fossil • teton pass obsidian • Turkey Tail Point • wyoming basin

Geographic Keywords
Green River Basin

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Late Prehistoric

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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