Radiocarbon dating a pictograph at Medicine Lodge Creek, Wyoming

Wyoming State Parks recovered a large chunk of the Medicine Lodge Creek Archaeological Site cliff wall, which had fallen away, with rock paintings on it. A sample from one of the paintings was dated to 800 BP with the Plasma Oxidation dating method. Comparison to regional sites suggests the dated pa...

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Published in:Plains anthropologist 2018-05, Vol.63 (246), p.103-112
Main Authors: Loendorf, Lawrence, Wacker, Lukas, Rowe, Marvin W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Medicine
Pictographs
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Summary:Wyoming State Parks recovered a large chunk of the Medicine Lodge Creek Archaeological Site cliff wall, which had fallen away, with rock paintings on it. A sample from one of the paintings was dated to 800 BP with the Plasma Oxidation dating method. Comparison to regional sites suggests the dated painting is part of the Foothills Abstract tradition or a variant of the Columbia Plateau tradition.
ISSN:0032-0447
2052-546X
DOI:10.1080/00320447.2017.1394035