Projectile Points from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site, 48CR301

David Eckles; Mark Miller

Projectile Points from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site, 48CR301

Author(s): David Eckles; Mark Miller

Year: 2019

Summary

The Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) archaeological site is located in southeastern Carbon County, Wyoming at the northern end of the Medicine Bow Mountains and southern edge of the Hanna-Carbon Basin. It is within a homoclinal valley adjacent to the perennial Quealy Spring which forms an ephemeral drainage flowing north-northwest. The site is surrounded by Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, primarily of the Pine Ridge Sandstone (Hayter 1983:5). Previously published articles on the site have discussed the excavation history and chronology of the site (Eckles 2013), chipped stone raw materials and obsidian sourcing (Eckles and Guinard 2015), and research potential of the collection (Clauter 2013). The intent of this article is to more fully examine the chipped stone projectile points, with emphasis on the identified types as well as discussion of several unknown or questionable types.

Cite this Record

Projectile Points from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site, 48CR301. David Eckles, Mark Miller. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 63 (1): 22-43. 2019 ( tDAR id: 476511) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476511