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 know n 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. Artifa ctual red ochre from the pre-Folsom levels at the Hell Gap site compar es favorably with the physical, chemical, and biological properties of Sunrise red ochre. These new data allow the identification of example s of Sunrise red ochre from other Early Paleoindian contexts In doing so, we also may perceive associated economic and ideological aspects o f Early Paleoindian lifeways.