Spencer R Pelton
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4053915 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Spencer R Pelton |
| NOMBRES | Spencer R |
| APELLIDO | Pelton |
| FIRMA | PELTON S R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Wyoming |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7429-8741 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 60 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Patten Creek
Identifying and Investigating Deeply Buried Activity Areas at the La Prele Site
Before 2023, excavations at the La Prele site identified three hearth-centered areas associated with mammoth remains. In 2022 and 2023, more than 150 augers across the site suggested the presence of a bone bed and a fourth activity area with the potential for dense archaeological deposits. Here we report preliminary results comparing the expected versus actual artifact densities to evaluate the use of auger surveys for identifying artifact cluste…
Early eighteenth century plains Indian adornment at the River Bend Site, Wyoming
Central Wyoming’s River Bend site (48NA202) contains the largest adornment assemblage thus far discovered in the state, including extensive evidence for bead and pendant production from riverine mollusk shell. Other ornaments recovered include bird and canid bone beads, elk ivory pendants, Olivella sp. beads, and a steatite bead. A small number of metal artifacts combined with a newly acquired radiocarbon date indicate an early post-Contact age b…
Estimating the Size and Density of the La Prele Site
The Wold Rock Art District, Wyoming (48JO4513)
This article demonstrates the importance of geoarchaeological investigations as part of rock art recording and research. The Wold Rock Art District, Wyoming (48JO4513), situated along a short reach of the Middle Fork of the Powder River, contains a suite of rare, contemporaneous, white-painted stenciled human hands and associated paintings. Most are accessible from the present ground surface, but others are stranded as much as 4 m high. Geoarchae…
The Geochronological and Geoarchaeological Context of the Clovis-Age La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming
The La Prele Mammoth site (48CO1401), located in Converse County, Wyoming, contains a Clovis-age occupation associated with the remains of a subadult mammoth (Mammuthus columbi). In this paper, we present the geochronological and geoarchaeological context of the site. The La Prele Mammoth site is buried in an alluvial terrace of La Prele Creek, a tributary of the North Platte River, which acts as an important migration corridor through the Rocky …
Folsom obsidian conveyance at the Great Divide Paleoindian sites, Wyoming
We present a study of obsidian artifacts found in Folsom contexts from the Great Divide Paleoindian sites (Great Divide Basin, Wyoming) to evaluate Paleoindian mobility patterns in the central and southern Rocky Mountains. Obsidian sourcing using pXRF demonstrates conveyance from Obsidian Cliff (400 km), Teton Pass (300 km), and the Green River/Engineer Quarry source. Other chipped stone raw materials from Folsom localities derive from sources in…
Confirming a Cultural Association at the La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming
Archaeologists have long subjected Clovis megafauna kill/scavenge sites to the highest level of scrutiny. In 1987, a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was found in spatial association with a small artifact assemblage in Converse County, Wyoming. However, due to the small tool assemblage, limited nature of the excavations, and questions about the security of the association between the artifacts and mammoth remains, the site was never included…
Long-distance transport of red ocher by Clovis foragers
The Wold Bison Jump (48JO966) and its relation to the ancestral Crow on the Northwest Plains
We report results from excavations at the Wold Bison Jump (Wold, site number 48JO966), a Late Prehistoric (ca. 300–500 BP) bison jump located in the southeast foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming. We argue that (a) the site was created by the ancestral Crow based on its location, age, material culture, and hunting technique and (b) the jump at Wold triggered a large rock fall event, as evidenced by the presence of articulated bison remains…
Component age estimates for the Hell Gap Paleoindian site and methods for chronological modeling of stratified open sites - Response to commentary by C. Vance Haynes
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Further Insights Into Paleoindian Use of the Powars Ii Red Ocher Quarry (48pl330), Wyoming
We report major new insights from recent research at the Powars II Paleoindian red ocher quarry (48PL330). We salvaged more than 7,000 artifacts from Powars II between 2014 and 2016 by screening redeposited sediment from the talus slope below the intact portion of the site. Clovis artifacts dominate the diagnostic artifact assemblage, including 53 Clovis points, 33 preforms, and artifacts associated with a previously unrecognized blade core indus…
Component age estimates for the Hell Gap Paleoindian site and methods for chronological modeling of stratified open sites
The Hell Gap National Historic Landmark, located on the northwestern plains of Wyoming, is one of the most important Paleoindian archaeological sites in North America because it contains a stratified sequence of occupations spanning nearly the entirety of the Paleoindian period. Although Hell Gap is central to archaeological knowledge concerning North American Paleoindian chronology, consistently assigning component ages has been problematic due …
Provisioning the High Country
Prehistoric foragers living in the high elevations of the Colorado Front Range (CFR) transported ground stone tools at least 20 km from the CFR foothills to around 40 percent of sites in the subalpine forest and alpine tundra despite the sparse plant resources present in this region. This study is a distributional analysis that explains why there are so many ground stone tools in the CFR and how foragers developed strategies to efficiently utiliz…
Younger Dryas-Aged Fluting, Cold, and Time Budgeting in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
We argue that variation in Younger Dryas-aged fluting in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains was primarily conditioned by cold-mediated time budgeting concerns. Foragers that lived in cold environments had more time to flute projectile points during prolonged periods of downtime relative to those in warmer, southerly environments. We show that fluting meets the expectations of a time budgeting model because (a) its frequency is negatively correl…
Bison Jump Location is Primarily Predicted by Minimizing Visibility at the Wold Site, Johnson County, Wyoming
The Wold Bison Jump (48JO966) is a communal bison (Bison bison) hunting site in Johnson County, Wyoming. It likely represents a single kill event precipitated by Great Plains foragers between A.D. 1433 and 1643. Operating the jump required that prehistoric hunters drive stampeding bison up a steep slope in order to position them within a V-shaped drive line configured to funnel them toward a cliff. Using iterative models of least cost paths, topo…
Communal hunting along the Continental Divide of Northern Colorado
Further Insights Into Paleoindian Use of the Powars Ii Red Ocher Quarry (48pl330), Wyoming
We report major new insights from recent research at the Powars II Paleoindian red ocher quarry (48PL330). We salvaged more than 7,000 artifacts from Powars II between 2014 and 2016 by screening redeposited sediment from the talus slope below the intact portion of the site. Clovis artifacts dominate the diagnostic artifact assemblage, including 53 Clovis points, 33 preforms, and artifacts associated with a previously unrecognized blade core indus…
Long-distance transport of red ocher by Clovis foragers
Communal hunting along the Continental Divide of Northern Colorado
Confirming a Cultural Association at the La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming
Archaeologists have long subjected Clovis megafauna kill/scavenge sites to the highest level of scrutiny. In 1987, a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was found in spatial association with a small artifact assemblage in Converse County, Wyoming. However, due to the small tool assemblage, limited nature of the excavations, and questions about the security of the association between the artifacts and mammoth remains, the site was never included…
The Wold Bison Jump (48JO966) and its relation to the ancestral Crow on the Northwest Plains
We report results from excavations at the Wold Bison Jump (Wold, site number 48JO966), a Late Prehistoric (ca. 300–500 BP) bison jump located in the southeast foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming. We argue that (a) the site was created by the ancestral Crow based on its location, age, material culture, and hunting technique and (b) the jump at Wold triggered a large rock fall event, as evidenced by the presence of articulated bison remains…
Provisioning the High Country
Prehistoric foragers living in the high elevations of the Colorado Front Range (CFR) transported ground stone tools at least 20 km from the CFR foothills to around 40 percent of sites in the subalpine forest and alpine tundra despite the sparse plant resources present in this region. This study is a distributional analysis that explains why there are so many ground stone tools in the CFR and how foragers developed strategies to efficiently utiliz…
Communal hunting along the Continental Divide of Northern Colorado
Younger Dryas-Aged Fluting, Cold, and Time Budgeting in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
We argue that variation in Younger Dryas-aged fluting in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains was primarily conditioned by cold-mediated time budgeting concerns. Foragers that lived in cold environments had more time to flute projectile points during prolonged periods of downtime relative to those in warmer, southerly environments. We show that fluting meets the expectations of a time budgeting model because (a) its frequency is negatively correl…
Bison Jump Location is Primarily Predicted by Minimizing Visibility at the Wold Site, Johnson County, Wyoming
The Wold Bison Jump (48JO966) is a communal bison (Bison bison) hunting site in Johnson County, Wyoming. It likely represents a single kill event precipitated by Great Plains foragers between A.D. 1433 and 1643. Operating the jump required that prehistoric hunters drive stampeding bison up a steep slope in order to position them within a V-shaped drive line configured to funnel them toward a cliff. Using iterative models of least cost paths, topo…
Component age estimates for the Hell Gap Paleoindian site and methods for chronological modeling of stratified open sites
The Hell Gap National Historic Landmark, located on the northwestern plains of Wyoming, is one of the most important Paleoindian archaeological sites in North America because it contains a stratified sequence of occupations spanning nearly the entirety of the Paleoindian period. Although Hell Gap is central to archaeological knowledge concerning North American Paleoindian chronology, consistently assigning component ages has been problematic due …
Provisioning the High Country
Prehistoric foragers living in the high elevations of the Colorado Front Range (CFR) transported ground stone tools at least 20 km from the CFR foothills to around 40 percent of sites in the subalpine forest and alpine tundra despite the sparse plant resources present in this region. This study is a distributional analysis that explains why there are so many ground stone tools in the CFR and how foragers developed strategies to efficiently utiliz…
Component age estimates for the Hell Gap Paleoindian site and methods for chronological modeling of stratified open sites - Response to commentary by C. Vance Haynes
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Further Insights Into Paleoindian Use of the Powars Ii Red Ocher Quarry (48pl330), Wyoming
We report major new insights from recent research at the Powars II Paleoindian red ocher quarry (48PL330). We salvaged more than 7,000 artifacts from Powars II between 2014 and 2016 by screening redeposited sediment from the talus slope below the intact portion of the site. Clovis artifacts dominate the diagnostic artifact assemblage, including 53 Clovis points, 33 preforms, and artifacts associated with a previously unrecognized blade core indus…
Long-distance transport of red ocher by Clovis foragers
The Wold Bison Jump (48JO966) and its relation to the ancestral Crow on the Northwest Plains
We report results from excavations at the Wold Bison Jump (Wold, site number 48JO966), a Late Prehistoric (ca. 300–500 BP) bison jump located in the southeast foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming. We argue that (a) the site was created by the ancestral Crow based on its location, age, material culture, and hunting technique and (b) the jump at Wold triggered a large rock fall event, as evidenced by the presence of articulated bison remains…
Confirming a Cultural Association at the La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming
Archaeologists have long subjected Clovis megafauna kill/scavenge sites to the highest level of scrutiny. In 1987, a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was found in spatial association with a small artifact assemblage in Converse County, Wyoming. However, due to the small tool assemblage, limited nature of the excavations, and questions about the security of the association between the artifacts and mammoth remains, the site was never included…
The Geochronological and Geoarchaeological Context of the Clovis-Age La Prele Mammoth Site (48CO1401), Converse County, Wyoming
The La Prele Mammoth site (48CO1401), located in Converse County, Wyoming, contains a Clovis-age occupation associated with the remains of a subadult mammoth (Mammuthus columbi). In this paper, we present the geochronological and geoarchaeological context of the site. The La Prele Mammoth site is buried in an alluvial terrace of La Prele Creek, a tributary of the North Platte River, which acts as an important migration corridor through the Rocky …
Folsom obsidian conveyance at the Great Divide Paleoindian sites, Wyoming
We present a study of obsidian artifacts found in Folsom contexts from the Great Divide Paleoindian sites (Great Divide Basin, Wyoming) to evaluate Paleoindian mobility patterns in the central and southern Rocky Mountains. Obsidian sourcing using pXRF demonstrates conveyance from Obsidian Cliff (400 km), Teton Pass (300 km), and the Green River/Engineer Quarry source. Other chipped stone raw materials from Folsom localities derive from sources in…
Estimating the Size and Density of the La Prele Site
The Wold Rock Art District, Wyoming (48JO4513)
This article demonstrates the importance of geoarchaeological investigations as part of rock art recording and research. The Wold Rock Art District, Wyoming (48JO4513), situated along a short reach of the Middle Fork of the Powder River, contains a suite of rare, contemporaneous, white-painted stenciled human hands and associated paintings. Most are accessible from the present ground surface, but others are stranded as much as 4 m high. Geoarchae…
Identifying and Investigating Deeply Buried Activity Areas at the La Prele Site
Before 2023, excavations at the La Prele site identified three hearth-centered areas associated with mammoth remains. In 2022 and 2023, more than 150 augers across the site suggested the presence of a bone bed and a fourth activity area with the potential for dense archaeological deposits. Here we report preliminary results comparing the expected versus actual artifact densities to evaluate the use of auger surveys for identifying artifact cluste…
Early eighteenth century plains Indian adornment at the River Bend Site, Wyoming
Central Wyoming’s River Bend site (48NA202) contains the largest adornment assemblage thus far discovered in the state, including extensive evidence for bead and pendant production from riverine mollusk shell. Other ornaments recovered include bird and canid bone beads, elk ivory pendants, Olivella sp. beads, and a steatite bead. A small number of metal artifacts combined with a newly acquired radiocarbon date indicate an early post-Contact age b…
Patten Creek
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 obras) · Archaeology (13 obras) · Geography (13 obras) · Geology (9 obras) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 obras) · Geology (7 obras) · Biology (5 obras) · Ecology (4 obras) · Radiocarbon dating (4 obras)