Williams Spring 2004- 2005
The Williams Spring site (48CK624) contains material spanning 8,000 years of human occupation in the northern Black Hills of Wyoming. Diagnostic artifacts recovered from the site include a variety of Paleo-American, Archaic, and late prehistoric projectile points. Material from the historical homesteading period has also been found at the site. Prehistoric artifact densities are high, with some locations yielding more that 1,500 artifacts per cubic meter.
The Williams Spring project is a long-term archaeological research partnership with the University of Wyoming (UW). The UW faculty are some of the leading experts in Northern Plains archaeology. In 2000, test excavations and geological studies were conducted by PIT volunteers and UW archaeological field school students. In 2004, volunteers and students began excavation of a large block unit in an effort to add to our knowledge of adaptation and settlement by native populations in the Black Hills. In 2005, PIT volunteers and UW field school students continued excavating, mapping, recording, and expanding the block opened in 2004.
The Williams Spring site is located near a small spring in an open meadow
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