An Introduction to the Excavations at the Garrett Allen Site (48CR301), Carbon County, Wyoming
Author(s): David Eckles
Year: 2013
Summary
The Garret Allen site contains a diverse assemblage of chipped stone, ground stone, ceramic, shell, and bone artifacts spanning at least 3,100 years of Wyoming prehistory. These remarkably diverse artifacts include a large number of projectile points from the Protohistoric to Middle Archaic periods, a great variety of chipped stone raw materials, a diverse assemblage of chipped stone tools, bone and antler tools, some ground stone artifacts, multiple ceramic types, and items often associated with long distance exchange such as the steatite and obsidian. Few sites in Wyoming contain the levels of artifact diversity present at 48CR301, and this makes it a site of great importance for understanding Wyoming prehistory.
Cite this Record
An Introduction to the Excavations at the Garrett Allen Site (48CR301), Carbon County, Wyoming. David Eckles. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 57 (1): 27-39. 2013 ( tDAR id: 476491) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476491
Keywords
Culture
Avonlea
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Besant
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McKean
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Pelican Lake
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Rose Spring
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Shoshone
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Fauna
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Ground Stone
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Metal
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Mineral
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Shell
Site Name
48CR301
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Elk Mountain
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Garrett Allen
General
Bioturbation
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Ceremonial
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Charcoal
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corner tanged knife
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Cottonwood
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Cryoturbation
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Elko
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hanna-carbon basin
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Hematite
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Marine Shell
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Ochre
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Plains Side-Notched
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Soil Analysis
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Steatite
Geographic Keywords
Medicine Bow Mountains
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North Platte River Basin
Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic
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Late Prehistoric
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Middle Archaic
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Protohistoric
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Marcia Peterson
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