10,000 Years in the Rocky Mountains: The Helen Lookingbill Site

Kornfeld, Marcel; Larson, Mary Lou; Rapson, David J.; Frison, George C.

doi:10.1179/jfa.2001.28.3-4.307

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“…From a temporal perspective, the Paleoindian sample is most robust in northwest Wyoming. Although it is tempting to view the large diversity and evenness values in the northwest Wyoming Paleoindian sample as a reflection of high rates of mobility and/or exchange typical for early raw material distributions (Frison 1991;Kelly and Todd 1988), we are not here evaluating distance to source, and in fact most Paleoindian sites in northwest Wyoming exhibit a pattern of primarily local lithic procurement (Frison and Bradley 1980;Frison and Todd 1987;Kornfeld et al 2001;Todd and Frison 1986). Paleoindian sample sizes for all other regions are relatively small, although sourced Paleoindian artifacts from eastern Idaho all come from Idaho sources.…”

Section: Variation Through Time and Spacementioning

confidence: 98%

Obsidian Source Use in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Wyoming Basin, and Central Rocky Mountains

Scheiber¹,

Finley²

2011

Am. antiq.

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Using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis from nearly 2,300 sourced obsidian artifacts in western Wyoming, southwestern Montana, and eastern Idaho, we demonstrate regional diachronic changes in access to and preference for particular obsidian sources throughout the West. We focus on both (I) long-term patterns of obsidian use that may inform us about the timing of precontact migrations of Numic (Shoshone) speakers into the Rocky Mountains and (2) the extent to which later contact among Native inhabitants and European immigrants was a mechanism for reducing elements of precontact mobility and exchange in the postcontact era. We view indigenous responses to contact in the study area as an active, strategic process with measurable material consequences. Despite a well-documented increase in mobility among local Native groups as a result of the introduction of the horse, our study demonstrates a restriction and reduction in Historic period source use in western Wyoming. We propose that changes in obsidian source use are a reflection of ethnogenesis and development of ethnographic bands as a response to culture contact among indigenous inhabitants and with Europeans.

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Section: Variation Through Time and Spacementioning

confidence: 98%

Obsidian Source Use in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Wyoming Basin, and Central Rocky Mountains

Scheiber¹,

Finley²

2011

Am. antiq.

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“…Quartzite makes an especially efficient cutting tool (Frison 1991:324) and the quartzite specimen has the sharpest lateral edge (33°) as well as evidence of use and resharpening suggesting knife use. Use of quartzite in late Paleoindian assemblages has been noted previously and may be related to a change in Late Paleo indian projectile point function (e.g., Kornfeld 1978;Kornfeld et al 2001), although in some assemblages this change follows Cody (Pitblado 2003).…”

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The Nelson Site, a Cody Occupation in Northeastern Colorado

Kornfeld¹,

Larson²,

Arnold³

et al. 2007

Plains Anthropologist

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“…Archaeological investigations and locations of import within the project areas alpine and foothill locations include, The Helen Lookingbill site (48FR308) (Figure 1), a well-stratified high-elevation workshop site near Dubois Wyoming, which hosts two separate Paleoindian components (Angostura and Fishtail complexes) dating back to ∼10,400 (Frison, 1976(Frison, , 1978(Frison, , 1991Kornfeld et al, 2001). The Dead Indian Creek site (48PA551) which is a multi-component Middle Archaic wintering camp attributed to the McKean complex, with several AMS dates and over 500 recovered projectile points (Frison and Walker, 1984).…”

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Behavioral complexities at high elevation: assessing prehistoric landscape use in the alpine regions of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Dersam

2019

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Alpine landscapes capture our imaginations. Envisioning these forbidding regions occupied by humans in prehistory has drawn academic and public audiences alike. The history of these alpine regions is being rewritten the world over, due in part to recent archaeological discoveries made in the alpine regions of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). These discoveries, some in the wilderness areas of Montana, have revealed a complex tapestry of prehistoric lifeways. Archaeological and paleobiological research in Montana’s GYE alpine regions by Dr. Craig Lee (INSTAAR/ PCRG), Dr. Rachel Reckin (USFS) and Scott Dersam (PCRG) have spearheaded these continued multi-disciplinary studies in the region. Their efforts have focused on the climatological, ecological, as well as cultural impacts of ice patch use and alpine habitation on patterns of prehistoric occupation in the region. The UW-NPS Research Station Small Grant funded archaeological research and reconnaissance of the alpine regions of Montana’s Beartooth wilderness during the summer 2019. The 2019-field season’s discoveries added significant knowledge to regional research in high elevation studies, documenting the highest known stone circles, ceramics, and Paleoindian hunting activities in Montana. Featured photo from figure 4 in report.

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10,000 Years in the Rocky Mountains: The Helen Lookingbill Site

Cited by 19 publications

References 8 publications

Obsidian Source Use in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Wyoming Basin, and Central Rocky Mountains

Obsidian Source Use in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Wyoming Basin, and Central Rocky Mountains

The Nelson Site, a Cody Occupation in Northeastern Colorado

Behavioral complexities at high elevation: assessing prehistoric landscape use in the alpine regions of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

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