They Have a Rock That Bleeds: Sunrise Red Ochre and its Early Paleoindian Occurrence at the Hell Gap Site, Wyoming

Early Paleoindians mined specular and earthy hematite (henceforth known as Sunrise red ochre) at the Powars II site, Platte County, Wyoming. Sunrise red ochre has a distinctive mineralogy, chemical composition, and bioinclusions in comparison to other sources of red ochre. Artifactual red ochre from...

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Published in:	Plains anthropologist Vol. 40; no. 152; pp. 185 - 194
Main Authors:	Tankersley, Kenneth B, Tankersley, Kevin O, Shaffer, Nelson R, Hess, Marc D, Benz, JohnS, Turner, F. Rudolf, Stafford, Michael D, Zeimens, George M, Frison, George C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln, Neb., etc Routledge 01-05-1995 Plains Anthropological Society Plains Anthropologist Corp., etc Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Anthropology Archaeological sites Archaeology Bones Chemical composition Colors Hell Gap Hematite microbes Minerals Mining Native North Americans Nodules Paleoanthropology Paleoindian Powars II Quartz red ochre Wyoming
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Summary:	Early Paleoindians mined specular and earthy hematite (henceforth known as Sunrise red ochre) at the Powars II site, Platte County, Wyoming. Sunrise red ochre has a distinctive mineralogy, chemical composition, and bioinclusions in comparison to other sources of red ochre. Artifactual red ochre from the pre-Folsom levels at the Hell Gap site comparesfavorablywith the physical, chemical, and biological properties of Sunrise red ochre. These new data allow the identification of examples of Sunrise red ochre from other Early Paleoindian contexts. In doing so, we also may perceive associated economic and ideological aspects of Early Paleoindian lifeways
ISSN:	0032-0447 2052-546X
DOI:	10.1080/2052546.1995.11931771