The Grass Creek Site (48HO120): A Middle Archaic Period Housepit, Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Author(s): David Reiss; David Eckles; Karin M. Guernsey; Michael McFaul; William R. Doering

Year: 1993

Summary

The Grass Creek (48HO120) site is a multicomponent prehistoric site preserved within an alluvial terrace on Grass Creek in north-central Wyoming. The principal component of the site is a housepit (Feature 31) with artifacts dating to the Middle Plains Archaic Period. Faunal and floral analysis suggests small mammals and certain plant taxa were used as food sources and prepared within the housepit. The lithic analysis suggests that tool maintenance or final tool production occurred within the structure.

Cite this Record

The Grass Creek Site (48HO120): A Middle Archaic Period Housepit, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. David Reiss, David Eckles, Karin M. Guernsey, Michael McFaul, William R. Doering. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 37 (1, 2): 27-48. 1993 ( tDAR id: 476525) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476525

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Keywords

Culture
Undifferentiated Native American

Material
Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Wood

Site Name
48HO120 • Grass Creek

Geographic Keywords
Bighorn Basin

Temporal Keywords
Late Prehistoric • Middle Archaic

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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