Data Recovery at Site 48SH1740 Associated with Little Horn River Watershed Amp Class III Cultural Inventory on the Bighorn National Forests Medicine Wheel and Tongue Ranger Districts

Bill Matthews

Data Recovery at Site 48SH1740 Associated with Little Horn River Watershed Amp Class III Cultural Inventory on the Bighorn National Forests Medicine Wheel and Tongue Ranger Districts

Year: 2015

Summary

The prehistoric component of the Boyd Cow Camp Archaeological Site (48SH1740) was first identified during an archaeological survey conducted by ACR Consultants, Inc., as part of a forest-wide Grazing and Vegetation Management Analysis. The site was later revisited by Terra Alta Archaeology. The prehistoric component is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D while the historic component was found not eligible with SHPO concurrence. Both contractors and the Forest Service were in agreement the site was being adversely affected by erosion, grazing and construction activities. To fulfill data recovery obligations agreed upon between the Forest Service and the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), a data recovery project was implemented to assess site integrity and chronology. The first level of recovery consisted of environmental and archaeological data including evidence of all former occupants’ material culture along with any cultural features. This project also was designed to evaluate possible impacts to subsurface cultural horizons from erosion, grazing or construction activities, if there were in fact any present.

Cite this Record

Data Recovery at Site 48SH1740 Associated with Little Horn River Watershed Amp Class III Cultural Inventory on the Bighorn National Forests Medicine Wheel and Tongue Ranger Districts. Bill Matthews. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 59 (1): 25-48. 2015 ( tDAR id: 476506) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476506