Data Recovery and Mapping in the Finley Site Area, 1987

Author(s): Mark E. Miller; George C. Frison

Year: 2009

Summary

During the fall of 1987, an archaeological crew from the University of Wyoming and Wyoming State Archaeologist’s Office conducted salvage recovery at a vandalized bonebed locality near the original Finley (48SW5) Paleoindian site in Sweetwater County. Efforts focused (1) on obtaining a bison skeletal sample disturbed earlier, (2) on documenting the site area for the Wyoming SHPO Cultural Records, and (3) on a small testing program to investigate whether intact Cody age archaeological deposits might still be buried at the site. Twenty-two years have passed since these investigations, and the Finley site is now being prepared for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. This report on the 1987 site work is provided here to give a better background of what was accomplished at the site.

Cite this Record

Data Recovery and Mapping in the Finley Site Area, 1987. Mark E. Miller, George C. Frison. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 53 (1): 9-24. 2009 ( tDAR id: 476462) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476462

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Keywords

Culture
Cody

Material
Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone

Site Name
48SW5 • Finley

General
Corral • Eden • killpecker dune field • pound • Scottsbluff

Geographic Keywords
Green River Basin

Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic • Historic • Late Archaic • Late Paleoindian • Middle Archaic

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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