Feature 271, fcrlined postmold or probable remnant of an earth. The pine spring site, southwest wyoming university of wyoming. Feature 16 were large firecracked rock hearths and were visible on the. Fire cracked rock attributes stone is affected by fire in different ways, from extreme discoloration usu. This site is a small prehistoric site with five hearth features and four concentrations of fire cracked rock located along cottonwood creek in the wind river basin of central wyoming. Based on fracturing characteristics, firecracked rock is usually easier to. The game creek data recovery project wyoming state.
Introduction 48ln317, or the skull point site, was first described in a 1973 survey report for fmc corporation by charles love as a lithic scatter with associated petroglyphs, ceramics, and fire cracked rock. Charcoal from a firecracked rock concentration identified in the wall of trench 1 at approximately 50 cm below the surface in stratum iv was dated to 386040. Pdf the study of firecracked rock and its archaeological. Although only a small portion of this component was tested, it is the oldest welldated early archaic components identified in all of western wyoming. In archaeology, firecracked rock fcr or fireaffected rock far, is rock of any type that has been altered and split as the result of deliberate heating. In addition, another area containing firecracked rock is.
Evidence of this occupation was recovered from block d and consisted of a firecracked rock feature feature 8, a concentration of debitage, a few stone tools and a complete projectile point. Surface indications of hearths or fire features can be uniform and circular, such as this example from central wyoming. Archaeological sites and fireinduced changes forest service. Fill from a hearth at site 45fr5318 was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. The wyoming archaeologist wyoming archaeological society. Sediment samples from the fill of a basin house and associated features at site 48sw16996 in sweetwater county, wyoming, were submitted for starch analysis. It lies on the southeast side of wyoming highway 220, about 55 miles southwest of casper and 20 miles northeast of muddy gap. In many cases, firecracked rock results when stones were used to line hearths and earth ovens or were heated to provide a longerlasting heatsource similar to a modern hot water bottle. One of the most common artifacts recovered from old colchester is firecracked rock also known as fcr, particularly from the prehistoric areas. Thirtysix samples, consisting of feature fill, groundstone, firecracked rock, and soil controls, from 48sw16971, a multicomponent site located southwest of wamsutter, wyoming were submitted for starch, protein, and organic residue analysis. According to various collectors in the area, skull point has. Firecracked rock from fill of a hearth within the basin house also was tested for organic residues using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ftir.
Therefore, fcr informs on a range of behaviors, spanning economic e. Surface indications of hearths or fire features can be uniform and circular, such as. Appalachian mountains, obsidian from montana and wyoming, high quality translucent. The presence of oxidized cobbles found on the surface of the hearths along with the absence of lithic debris at this site. Screening at dig site, black canyon of the yellowstone on wyoming montana border. Six soil samples from four firecracked rock features at the malin creek fishing hole site, 24ye353, in yellowstone national park, montana, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. This site is a small prehistoric site with five hearth features and four concentrations of firecracked rock located along cottonwood creek in the wind river basin of central wyoming. One metate was washed to recover pollen, starches, and possible protein residues that would aid in identifying plants processed using the metate. Site 48pa175 included evidence of a probable semisubterranean structure that included two probable hearths, as well as scattered areas of lithics and firecracked rock, additional hearths, stone circles, rock alignments, and purple glass fragments. Fire cracked rock was also unintentionally created when structures burned jackson 1998. Ancient egypt is known for many technological and artistic achievements, constructing pyramids and temples, inventing a system of writing, hieroglyphs, and making advancements in medicine, astronomy, and many other fields. The site contained at least two pronghorn individuals, with.