A recent survey at Keyhole Reservoir in northeast Wyoming resulted in investigations of over fifty archaeological locations. One of these produced an assemblage of Folsom artifacts. Although these artifacts have been redeposited, the assemblage described here is thought to be of Folsom age. The goal of this article is to describe this small assemblage (n = 22) and use the perspective provided by the analysis of this site to review Folsom cultural dynamics.
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