McKean Site

McKean Archeological Site (48CK7)
Location: Crook County, Wyoming, USA
Nearest city: Moorcroft, Wyoming
Governing body: United States Bureau of Reclamation
NRHP Reference#: 91000326[1]
Added to NRHP: April 1, 1991

The McKean Site is an archaeological site in Crook County, Wyoming, United States.[1] A premier site of the Great Plains hunting cultures, it is the namesake of the "McKean Complex." Two significant contemporary sites of the same culture are Signal Butte in Nebraska and the LoDaisKa Site in Colorado.[2]

In 1991, the McKean Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Irwin, Henry J., and Cynthia C. Irwin. "Radiocarbon Dates from the Lodaiska Site, Colorado." American Antiquity 27 (1961): 114-115.

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