Staying Warm in Ice Age Wyoming: La Prele Early Paleoindian Site
1501 N. Poplar Street
Casper, WY 82601
United States
Event Description
Join the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, as Wyoming State Archaeologist, Spencer Pelton, details evidence for clothing production from the La Prele Early Paleoindian Site in Wyoming. La Prele is the oldest archaeological site discovered thus far in Wyoming and is a mammoth kill and camp site. Over a decade of investigations, the site has yield several dozen bone needle fragments indicative of clothing production. Spencer will argue that the evidence from La Prele is among the best archaeologists have for the types of clothing worn by Ice Age foragers in North America.
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