Excavation at Four Sites (48SW7456, 48SW7457, 48SW15052, 48SW17323) Within the Bridger Coal Company Underground Mine Lease Area
Creators: name: Murray, Susan
name: Kautzman, Matthew
name: Goodrick, Stacy R.
Publisher: name: The Wyoming Archaeological Society
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Green River Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2965/green-river-basin
subject: Late Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3245/late-prehistoric
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/32/late-archaic
subject: Early Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5396/early-archaic
subject: Middle Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3094/middle-archaic
subject: Great Divide Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8622/great-divide-phase
subject: Uinta Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/7635/uinta-phase
subject: Pine Spring Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/1830/pine-spring-phase
subject: Firehole Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/1831/firehole-phase
subject: Paired Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132644/paired-feature
subject: Jake Roble
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132647/jake-roble
subject: 48SW15052
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132648/48sw15052
subject: Kindra
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132645/kindra
subject: 48SW7456
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/24520/48sw7456
subject: 48SW7457
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132646/48sw7457
subject: 48SW17323
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/24521/48sw17323
subject: North Side Playa
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132649/north-side-playa
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: Hunter-Gatherer
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/42334/hunter-gatherer
subject: Forager
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/7457/forager
subject: wyoming basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169889/wyoming-basin
subject: deadman wash drainage
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170081/deadman-wash-drainage
subject: hafted
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/169975/hafted
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: Data recovery excavations were conducted during the 2010 field season by Western Archaeological Services at four prehistoric sites located within the Bridger Coal Company Underground Lease area. These sites include the Paired Feature site (48SW7456), the Kindra site (48SW7457), the Jake Roble site (48SW15052), and the North Side Playa site (48SW17323). The project area is located in southwest Wyoming within the Deadman Wash drainage system in the western portion of the Wyoming Basin. The area is xeric and rugged with deeply cut draws, broad benches, and high rocky ridges. The excavations revealed Early Archaic, Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric occupations dating to the Opal, Pine Spring, and Uinta phases. Specialized hearth features, including slab-lined hearths, were used to process floral and/or faunal resources throughout the area during all time periods. Prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the area employed highly adaptive subsistence strategies, which vary along the forager-collector continuum, and are largely dependent on season and resource availability. Data derived from the excavations reveals the focused use of limited resources by small groups occupying short term, satellite camps associated with larger base camps situated along the Deadman Wash drainage system.