A Popular Spot: Four Thousand Years of Occupation at the Battle Spring West Site (48SW16604) In the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming

Author(s): Christopher C. Kinneer

Year: 2013

Summary

Excavations for the Ur-Energy Lost Creek Project at the Battle Spring West site yielded remains from multiple occupations extending from the Opal phase through Uinta phase. The excavation data did not reveal evidence of longterm occupation, such as structural elements or semi-permanent, immovable processing tools such as large ground stone implements. Taken as a whole, the site assemblage suggests the archaeological remains are the result of hunting-related activities including camping, tool maintenance or production, and faunal processing. Although the excavation data do not permit elucidation of generalized hunter-gatherer settlement or subsistence strategies for any of the time periods, they do provide useful baseline information about landscape use in the Great Divide Basin through time.

Cite this Record

A Popular Spot: Four Thousand Years of Occupation at the Battle Spring West Site (48SW16604) In the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming. Christopher C. Kinneer. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 57 (2): 33-50. 2013 ( tDAR id: 476495) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476495

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Keywords

Culture
Besant • Deadman Wash Phase • Firehole Phase • McKean • Pelican Lake • Pine Spring Phase • Uinta Phase

Material
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone

Site Name
48CR304 • 48CR4522 • 48FR4435 • 48SW1023 • 48SW13155 • 48SW13156 • 48SW13159 • 48SW16604 • 48SW5057 • 48SW5982 • Arapaho Creek Housepit • Arthur • Bald Knob • Battle Spring Draw • Battle Spring West • Buffalo Hump • Chain Lakes Rim Housepit • Fivemile Ditch • Scoggin • Sinclair • West Crooks Creek

General
Charcoal • duncan • Fire Altered Rock • green river phase • Hunting • Lithic Reduction • opal phase • Tool Manufacture • wyoming basin • wyoming interior basin adaptation type

Geographic Keywords
Great Divide Basin

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

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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