This study focuses on the mineralogical analysis of clay artifacts from Grand Teton National Park... more This study focuses on the mineralogical analysis of clay artifacts from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Included are 18 ceramic sherds, four clay nodules, and a control sample of natural clay. The purpose of the mineralogical analysis was to determine if the clay artifacts could have been made on site from local clays. The mineralogical analysis on the ceramic sherds and the local clay indicates the pot tery was not made in the immediate area, but possibly nearby, suggesting people in or near Jackson Lake knew how to make pottery and did not need to trade for it. Two clay nodules, one from each of two sites, were also submitted for mineralogical analysis. The two sites are separated geographically by about two miles and temporally by several hundred years. The two nodules, however, are made from the same clay source, which does not match the local clay. The temporal continuity of the clay source for the nodules and the importation of the clay suggest a cultural importance for th...
Page 1. Commentaries High Country Contentions: Comments on Bender and Wright MELISSA A. CONNOR Na... more Page 1. Commentaries High Country Contentions: Comments on Bender and Wright MELISSA A. CONNOR National Park Service Bender and Wright's (AA 90:619-639, 1988) adoption of a broad-spectrum foraging pattern for ...
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project was funded by the Directorate of Environmental Compliance and Manage... more ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project was funded by the Directorate of Environmental Compliance and Management, Fort Carson, Colorado. Steve Chomko acted as our liaison with the Army and provided considerable information. The staff at the National Park Service's Midwest ...
University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report, 1988
The Jackson Lake Archaeol<XJical Project conpleted its 5th and final field season in late October... more The Jackson Lake Archaeol<XJical Project conpleted its 5th and final field season in late October, 1988. While the current drought caused many problemcs, the lowered water levels in Jackson Lake allowed rcore archaeological v.ork to be accomplished than imagined at the inception of the project in 1984.
This study focuses on the mineralogical analysis of clay artifacts from Grand Teton National Park... more This study focuses on the mineralogical analysis of clay artifacts from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Included are 18 ceramic sherds, four clay nodules, and a control sample of natural clay. The purpose of the mineralogical analysis was to determine if the clay artifacts could have been made on site from local clays. The mineralogical analysis on the ceramic sherds and the local clay indicates the pot tery was not made in the immediate area, but possibly nearby, suggesting people in or near Jackson Lake knew how to make pottery and did not need to trade for it. Two clay nodules, one from each of two sites, were also submitted for mineralogical analysis. The two sites are separated geographically by about two miles and temporally by several hundred years. The two nodules, however, are made from the same clay source, which does not match the local clay. The temporal continuity of the clay source for the nodules and the importation of the clay suggest a cultural importance for th...
Page 1. Commentaries High Country Contentions: Comments on Bender and Wright MELISSA A. CONNOR Na... more Page 1. Commentaries High Country Contentions: Comments on Bender and Wright MELISSA A. CONNOR National Park Service Bender and Wright's (AA 90:619-639, 1988) adoption of a broad-spectrum foraging pattern for ...
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project was funded by the Directorate of Environmental Compliance and Manage... more ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project was funded by the Directorate of Environmental Compliance and Management, Fort Carson, Colorado. Steve Chomko acted as our liaison with the Army and provided considerable information. The staff at the National Park Service's Midwest ...
University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report, 1988
The Jackson Lake Archaeol<XJical Project conpleted its 5th and final field season in late October... more The Jackson Lake Archaeol<XJical Project conpleted its 5th and final field season in late October, 1988. While the current drought caused many problemcs, the lowered water levels in Jackson Lake allowed rcore archaeological v.ork to be accomplished than imagined at the inception of the project in 1984.
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