Atypical Stone Artifacts from the Garrett Allen (Elk Mountain) Site, 48CR301
Creators: name: Eckles, David
Publisher: name: The Wyoming Archaeological Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: 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: Modern
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/47/modern
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/32/late-archaic
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: 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: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
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: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
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: perennial spring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170095/perennial-spring
subject: tang
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170099/tang
subject: gray ghost
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170100/gray-ghost
subject: Magnetite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/60756/magnetite
subject: etley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/170101/etley
subject: Quartz
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9083/quartz
subject: Reproduction
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/148089/reproduction
subject: FOS: Medical biotechnology
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: Trade
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/2400/trade
subject: Ritual
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/4067/ritual
subject: Amphibolite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9123/amphibolite
subject: Hematite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/27241/hematite
subject: Fossil
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/7115/fossil

description: Recent research on the Garrett Allen site has discussed the excavation history, projectile points and chronology of the site (Eckles 2013), chipped stone raw materials and obsidian sourcing (Eckles and Guinard 2015), chipped stone projectile points (Eckles and Miller 2019), and research potential of the collection (Clauter 2013). Data on these topics have indicated support for the idea the site represents a series of special place gatherings over about 3,100 years of prehistoric occupation. Analysis of stone artifact types not often found in Wyoming prehistoric sites is presented here. Included are rarely encountered chipped stone artifacts, ground stone atlatl weights, a steatite pipe bowl fragment, a probable stone pendant, quartz crystals, modified sandstone artifacts, minerals, fossils, and a variety of pebble manuports. The raw materials represented by these stone artifacts were brought into the site, most from considerable distances.