Raven's Nest (48SU3871): A late prehistoric/Shoshone lithic tool and pottery-making site in Southwestern Wyoming

Autor:	David Wolfe, David V. Hill
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Stone tool 060101 anthropology 060102 archaeology Projectile point 06 humanities and the arts engineering.material Archaeology Debitage Tool stone Prehistory Geography Nest Anthropology engineering Assemblage (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology Pottery
Zdroj:	Plains Anthropologist. 62:67-94
ISSN:	2052-546X 0032-0447
DOI:	10.1080/00320447.2016.1180022
Popis:	Early Archaic to Historic occupations were unearthed during excavations at the Raven's Nest (48SU3871). Excavation of 135 1 × 1 m units in 15 discrete areas within Raven's Nest resulted in the recovery of over 21,000 pieces of debitage, over 9000 faunal specimens, over 1100 prehistoric sherds and over 300 tools, including ca. 50 projectile points with the primary occupations occurring during the Late Prehistoric and Early Historic Periods. The Raven's Nest site likely functioned as a locality where stone tools and ceramics were produced by Numic-speaking peoples most likely the Shoshone. The predominance of three types of locally available tool stone in the lithic assemblage and their presence as raw material, flakes and finished tools indicates are indicative of stone tool production. On-site pottery-making activities at the Raven's Nest were identified by the large ceramic assemblage recovered from the site, the paste of the majority of the ceramics contain the same minerals that are present in the loca...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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