Scraped Stains: Middle Archaic and Late Prehistoric Features of Oven Town, Site 48FR5928, Fremont County, Wyoming

Author(s): Russell Richard

Year: 2010

Summary

Testing and data recovery excavations were conducted at Oven Town (48FR5928) in northeastern Fremont County, Wyoming. Two components (Components I and II) were identified at Oven Town. Component I consisted of five basins and localized stains in two excavation blocks and one isolated unit and eight features on the disturbed surface. Component I dates to the Middle Archaic Period based on 13 radiocarbon age estimates ranging from 4,330 ± 60 to 3,680 ± 40 years before present. Component II produced only surface features and dates to the Late Prehistoric Period based on seven radiocarbon age estimates ranging from 1,630 ± 50 to 1,210 ± 50 years before present. Both Component I and Component II appear to reflect short-term occupations by small groups of hunter-gatherers primarily to conduct plant processing activities.

Cite this Record

Scraped Stains: Middle Archaic and Late Prehistoric Features of Oven Town, Site 48FR5928, Fremont County, Wyoming. Russell Richard. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 54 (2): 44-75. 2010 ( tDAR id: 476474) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476474

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Keywords

Culture
Undifferentiated Native American

Material
Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Mineral

Site Name
48FR5928 • Oven Town

General
basin feature • Charcoal Stain • heat-altered rock • Hunter-Gatherer • NRHP • Ochre • Plant Processing • women

Geographic Keywords
Wind River Basin

Temporal Keywords
Late Prehistoric • Middle Archaic

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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