Besant-Woodland Artifacts from the Cedar Gap Site (48NA83) In Northwestern Natrona County, Wyoming

Author(s): David Eckles; Jody A. Clauter; Mark E. Miller; Danny N. Walker

Year: 2012

Summary

Investigations at the Cedar Gap site ( 48NA83) resulted in the identification of a buried bison bone bed, buried bison bone processing areas, stone circles and stone cairns, and an extensive scatter of chipped stone artifacts along with pottery fragments. A Besant/Woodland component is present which includes the bone bed and processing areas. A Late Prehistoric to Protohistoric component is also present in at least one stone circle. The site contains one of the relatively few Besant components in Wyoming whose assemblages include both Besant points and cordmarked Woodland pottery.

Cite this Record

Besant-Woodland Artifacts from the Cedar Gap Site (48NA83) In Northwestern Natrona County, Wyoming. David Eckles, Jody A. Clauter, Mark E. Miller, Danny N. Walker. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 56 (2): 38-48. 2012 ( tDAR id: 476489) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476489

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Keywords

Culture
Besant • Crow/Hidasta • Pelican Lake

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Shell

Site Name
48NA83 • Butler-Rissler • Cedar Gap • Muddy Creek • Ruby

General
Arroyo Trap • Charcoal • cordmarked • Fire Altered Rock • NRHP • Pit • pound • Processing Area • Woodland

Geographic Keywords
Bighorn Mountains • Wind River Basin

Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic • Late Prehistoric • Protohistoric

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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