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<< Other Photo Pages >> Hell Gap - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The Northwest Mountains

Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 23 February 2020  Page Views: 10130

Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierSite Name: Hell Gap
Country: United States Region: The Northwest Mountains Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Guernsey, WY
Latitude: 42.398000N  Longitude: 104.641W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
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1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Hell Gap
Hell Gap submitted by Flickr : These are casts of Goshen points from the Hell Gap site in Wyoming and the Mill Iron site in Montana. Goshen is thought to be transitional between Clovis and later technologies. Other technologies with which Goshen seems to be concurrent are Plainview and Gainey. Personally, I think there is quite a lot of post-Clovis regionalization around 10,900-10,600 years ago. Goshen and other "transitional" ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Tool find and reoccurring camp area in Goshen County, Wyoming. The Hell Gap site was first uncovered in the late 1950s. It contains a record that includes all cultural complexes known on the Plains between 12,000 and 8,000 years ago. Excavations and finds there helped establish the framework for Paleoindian archaeology as it is understood today in the North American Great Plains. In addition to the many tool finds, post hole marks and other finds indicate seasonal shelters in use at Hell Gap as long as 12000 years ago.

A bison kill site is also found in the Hell Gap area.
More information can be found at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office website. Note: Location is approximate for the area. It appears that the site is only accessible to the general public during the excavation periods.
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Hell Gap submitted by Flickr : Hell Gap-Angostora Points Legible signs. Image copyright: yakkhapadma (James), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hell Gap submitted by Flickr : The Moriah Ranch, Albany County, WY www.landreport.com/2013/04/2012-public-lands-deal-of-the-... Moriah Ranch Wyoming: Situated in the heart of the rolling foothills and rich grasslands of the southern Laramie Mountains, the Moriah Ranch controls nearly 22 square miles of the choicest elk habitat in Wyoming. Herds of 300 or more animals roam freely among the ranch Image copyright: John's Lov... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hell Gap submitted by Flickr : Vance Haynes mapping a north-facing profile at the Hell Gap site. Image copyright: ackittiwack, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Hell Gap submitted by Flickr : Excavation crew at the Hell Gap site, Wyoming. Forest Fenn provided the funds for the structure protecting the locality. Image copyright: ackittiwack, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Hell Gap submitted by Flickr : The primary locality at the Hell Gap site in Wyoming. The bottom-right corner was my unit. I spent a brief stint in the field lab, during which a visiting Croatian student excavated the unit. He found the femur of a small artiodactyl with an outward-originating conchoidal fracture. Basically, this, along with other evidence, suggested that the layers we were excavating were probably a winter camp ...

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University of Wyoming closes Hell Gap 2009 dig by bat400 on Sunday, 19 July 2009
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Submitted by coldrum ---

The G.C. Frison Institute and the Anthropology Department of the University of Wyoming in conjunction with the Wyoming Archaeological Foundation is conducting excavations at the Hell Gap archaeological site, northeast of Guernsey, Wyoming.

The Hell Gap Site is one of the best known Paleoindian archaeological sites in North America. First investigated in the 1960s by a team of archaeologists from the Harvard University and the University of Wyoming resulted in uncovering many 8,000-11,000 year old campsites in several locations along the Hell Gap valley. At that time the sequence of Paleoindian cultures was unknown and the Hell Gap site provided the data to establish this sequence. Establishing the sequence was possible because little erosion occurred in the valley since Paleoindian times preserving the archeology.

To work on these problems the Frison Institute and the Wyoming Archaeological Foundation, owners of the property, are co-operating to investigate the Hell Gap valley. The University of Wyoming Advanced Archaeological Field School, volunteers, and students from throughout the world are investigating the site this May and June.

This year’s excavations focus on uncovering a series of 8,000 to 10,000 year old camps associated with Frederick, Cody, and Hell Gap type projectile points. The Frederick point is named after the previous landowners that donated a portion of the site and some of the surrounding property to the Wyoming Archaeological Foundation.

Other portions of the property and improvements to the archaeological facilities were donated by the Gorman family, Housher family, Eastern Wyoming College, Western History Center of Lingle, and others.

Hell Gap is located about 15 miles northeast of Guernsey along Whalen Canyon Road.
Sources: Hell Gap: A Paleoindian Campsite at the Edge of the Rockies, edited by Mary Lou Larson, Marcel Kornfeld, and George Frison of the University of Wyoming. The book is available from the University of Utah Press.


For more, see the Guernsey Gazette.
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