Excavations at 48CR103 Near Savery Creek, Carbon County, Wyoming

Author(s): James Gillentine; Dee Ann Espinoza

Year: 2012

Summary

Data recovery excavations were conducted at 48CR103 in southern Carbon County, Wyoming. A single component was identified consisting of at least three features. Soil profiles from these excavations indicated a deflated dunal setting which experienced a high degree of erosion from extensive livestock grazing and extended drought conditions. While no radiometric datable material was recovered, lithic tools suggest a Middle to Late Plains Archaic Period of occupation. Artifacts and features show the area was lightly used by small groups of hunter-gatherers and likely represents a seasonal hunting camp.

Cite this Record

Excavations at 48CR103 Near Savery Creek, Carbon County, Wyoming. James Gillentine, Dee Ann Espinoza. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 56 (2): 21-37. 2012 ( tDAR id: 476488) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476488

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Keywords

Culture
McKean

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

Site Name
48CR103 • 48CR4084 • 48CR4085 • 48CR91

General
elko corner-notched • glendo arrow • Hammerstone • hanna northern • Holocene • Hunter-Gatherer • NRHP • Paleoenvironment • Pleistocene • tang knife • thermal feature • wyoming basin

Geographic Keywords
Little Snake River Basin

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic • Late Prehistoric • Middle Archaic

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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