Documenting Domestic Landscapes at Crow Stone Circle Sites in Bighorn Canyon, Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming
Finley JB and Scheiber LL. 2007. Documenting Domestic Landscapes at Crow Stone Circle Sites in Bighorn Canyon, Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming. Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Western National Parks Association. Lovell, WY; Tuscon, AZ
From 1968 through 1974, nearly 120 stone circle sites were documented in Bighorn Canyon NRA and the surrounding landscape (Loendorf and Weston 1983). The number of stone circles at individual sites ranged from 1 to 230 with an average of 7 features per site. Over 2,000 stone circles are estimated within the park boundaries, a figure that grows with each new field season. The primary goal of ongoing research at Bighorn Canyon NRA is to develop and implement a research design that efficiently and effectively collects data from stone circle sites. This research design provides data necessary for management of these abundant yet critical resources while simultaneously advancing a research program into aboriginal life in the Middle Rocky Mountains and northern High Plains. In this paper we provide an overview of the methodology employed in our study and discuss the preliminary findings of our recent field study.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Finley, Judson; Scheiber, Laura
- Date of Issue
- 2007-04-01
- Publisher
- Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Western National Parks Association
- Units
- BICA
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Global Positioning System (GPS), Management, Plains Indians, stone circles