A Prehistoric Stone Line Complex from Northwest Wyoming

Author(s): Dan Eakin

Year: 1997

Summary

The Two Dot Flats site (48PA1068) was discovered in 1989 during cultural resource investigations of the Dead Indian Pass area by the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist for road construction activities by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (Eakin 1990). The Two Dot Flats site consists of over 400 stone cairns presumed to be parts of a prehistoric bison drive line complex, and around 40 stone circles believed to both predate the drive system and be a part of it.

Cite this Record

A Prehistoric Stone Line Complex from Northwest Wyoming. Dan Eakin. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 41 (1): 1-13. 1997 ( tDAR id: 476560) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476560

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Keywords

Culture
Crow/Hidasta • Shoshone

Material
Chipped Stone

Site Name
48PA1068 • Two Dot Flats

General
BLACKFOOT • Drive Line

Geographic Keywords
Bighorn Basin

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

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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