Archaeological Excavation at the Confluence Housepit Site (48NA4588)
Creators: name: Buenger, Brent A.
Publisher: name: The Wyoming Archaeological Society
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: North Platte Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/86320/north-platte-basin
subject: Wind River Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3012/wind-river-basin
subject: Early Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5396/early-archaic
subject: Buffalo Hump
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132664/buffalo-hump
subject: Flying A Ranch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132671/flying-a-ranch
subject: 48LN3642
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132672/48ln3642
subject: Confluence Housepit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132669/confluence-housepit
subject: ED1 Twin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132670/ed1-twin
subject: 48NA884
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132675/48na884
subject: 48SW5057
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/17474/48sw5057
subject: McKean
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132548/mckean
subject: Sweetwater Terrace
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132676/sweetwater-terrace
subject: 48LN3409
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132673/48ln3409
subject: River Bend
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132546/river-bend
subject: Horton
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132674/horton
subject: 48NA3801
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132679/48na3801
subject: Dry Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132680/dry-creek
subject: Butler-Rissler
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132549/butler-rissler
subject: 48NA3800
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132677/48na3800
subject: Beef Gap
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132678/beef-gap
subject: Split Rock Ranch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132555/split-rock-ranch
subject: 48FR4464
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132683/48fr4464
subject: 48NA4588
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/78921/48na4588
subject: 48FR1484
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132556/48fr1484
subject: 48FR4516
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132684/48fr4516
subject: 48NA3805
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132681/48na3805
subject: 48FR5125
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132682/48fr5125
subject: Two-Fisted Manos
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132623/two-fisted-manos
subject: White Stallion
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132687/white-stallion
subject: Jeffrey City
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132624/jeffrey-city
subject: 48FR6261
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132688/48fr6261
subject: 48FR6260
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132621/48fr6260
subject: 48FR4398
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132685/48fr4398
subject: Headlining
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132622/headlining
subject: Crooks Gap
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132686/crooks-gap
subject: Powder River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132691/powder-river
subject: 48NA2779
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132692/48na2779
subject: 48FR2330
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132625/48fr2330
subject: Two Toads
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132689/two-toads
subject: Sheep Mountain
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132626/sheep-mountain
subject: 48NA1079
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132690/48na1079
subject: Sixmile Draw
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132695/sixmile-draw
subject: 48NA2529
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132696/48na2529
subject: 48NA963
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132693/48na963
subject: 48NA964
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132694/48na964
subject: Black and Red
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132699/black-and-red
subject: 48FR4457
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132700/48fr4457
subject: Natrona Housepit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132697/natrona-housepit
subject: 48NA2526
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132698/48na2526
subject: Moneta Divide
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132701/moneta-divide
subject: 48FR4459
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132702/48fr4459
subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Hunter-Gatherer
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/42334/hunter-gatherer
subject: Fire Altered Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1008/fire-altered-rock
subject: Winter Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/7200/winter-site
subject: late middle holocene
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170085/late-middle-holocene
subject: Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/145804/basin
subject: opal phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169961/opal-phase

description: The archaeological excavation at the Confluence Housepit site yielded a single housepit feature, two associated subfloor thermal basins internal to the housepit substructure, one thermal basin exterior to the housepit substructure, and associated artifacts. The deposit is dated to the Opal phase of the Early Archaic period through four conventional radiocarbon age estimates ranging between 5000 ± 40 and 5390 ± 40 years B.P. The housepit, associated features, and cultural materials are viewed as representing the use of the site locality by a small group of hunter-gatherers as part of an adaptive strategy influenced by Late Middle Holocene environmental conditions. The proximity of the Confluence Housepit site locality to Horse Creek and Fish Creek was likely a contributing factor conditioning the occupation, and potential reoccupation, of the site locality by Archaic period hunter-gatherers.