An Introduction to the Excavations at the Garrett Allen Site (48CR301), Carbon County, Wyoming
Creators: name: Eckles, David
Publisher: name: The Wyoming Archaeological Society
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: North Platte River Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/10622/north-platte-river-basin
subject: Medicine Bow Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/9179/medicine-bow-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: Middle Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3094/middle-archaic
subject: Shoshone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/66/shoshone
subject: Rose Spring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/7606/rose-spring
subject: Avonlea
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/647/avonlea
subject: Besant
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/679/besant
subject: McKean
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/169/mckean
subject: Pelican Lake
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/634/pelican-lake
subject: 48CR301
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132643/48cr301
subject: Garrett Allen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132641/garrett-allen
subject: Elk Mountain
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/132642/elk-mountain
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: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Mineral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/12/mineral
subject: Ceremonial
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/31949/ceremonial
subject: Bioturbation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/40181/bioturbation
subject: Soil Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/138422/soil-analysis
subject: Cottonwood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9081/cottonwood
subject: Elko
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160124/elko
subject: Marine Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/11164/marine-shell
subject: Plains Side-Notched
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/38812/plains-side-notched
subject: hanna-carbon basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170079/hanna-carbon-basin
subject: Steatite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/8926/steatite
subject: corner tanged knife
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170080/corner-tanged-knife
subject: Ochre
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/20831/ochre
subject: Cryoturbation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/143329/cryoturbation
subject: Charcoal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135970/charcoal
subject: Hematite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/27241/hematite

description: The Garret Allen site contains a diverse assemblage of chipped stone, ground stone, ceramic, shell, and bone artifacts spanning at least 3,100 years of Wyoming prehistory. These remarkably diverse artifacts include a large number of projectile points from the Protohistoric to Middle Archaic periods, a great variety of chipped stone raw materials, a diverse assemblage of chipped stone tools, bone and antler tools, some ground stone artifacts, multiple ceramic types, and items often associated with long distance exchange such as the steatite and obsidian. Few sites in Wyoming contain the levels of artifact diversity present at 48CR301, and this makes it a site of great importance for understanding Wyoming prehistory.