The Mountain Meadow Ranch Burial from Southeastern Wyoming

Summary

Salvage excavations of a Late Prehistoric burial found in a small overhang of a sandstone outcrop in southeastern Wyoming produced remains of an older-aged female Native American Indian of unknown biological affinities. Previous excavations by collectors recovered 86 tubular bone beads, eight corner-notched projectile points and one fresh water bivalve shell pendant. The Late Prehistoric age is suggested by the projectile points found in association with the human remains and their similarity to points recovered at sites with dated assemblages.

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• Wyoming Archaeologist 1994

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