Besant-Woodland Artifacts from the Cedar Gap Site (48NA83) In Northwestern Natrona County, Wyoming
Creators: name: Eckles, David
name: Clauter, Jody A.
name: Miller, Mark E.
name: Walker, Danny N.
Publisher: name: The Wyoming Archaeological Society
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Wind River Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3012/wind-river-basin
subject: Bighorn Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/9144/bighorn-mountains
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: Protohistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/147/protohistoric
subject: Crow/Hidasta
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9569/crowhidasta
subject: Besant
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/679/besant
subject: Pelican Lake
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/634/pelican-lake
subject: Muddy Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132479/muddy-creek
subject: Cedar Gap
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132639/cedar-gap
subject: 48NA83
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132640/48na83
subject: Ruby
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132532/ruby
subject: Butler-Rissler
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132549/butler-rissler
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Dating Sample
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3/dating-sample
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Fire Altered Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1008/fire-altered-rock
subject: pound
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170014/pound
subject: cordmarked
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170078/cordmarked
subject: NRHP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9857/nrhp
subject: Charcoal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135970/charcoal
subject: Processing Area
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/39094/processing-area
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135846/pit
subject: Arroyo Trap
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/11386/arroyo-trap
subject: Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/136762/woodland

description: Investigations at the Cedar Gap site ( 48NA83) resulted in the identification of a buried bison bone bed, buried bison bone processing areas, stone circles and stone cairns, and an extensive scatter of chipped stone artifacts along with pottery fragments. A Besant/Woodland component is present which includes the bone bed and processing areas. A Late Prehistoric to Protohistoric component is also present in at least one stone circle. The site contains one of the relatively few Besant components in Wyoming whose assemblages include both Besant points and cordmarked Woodland pottery.