RIVER BEND, WYOMING—In the 1970s, archaeologists conducting a salvage operation prior to construction discovered a significant Native American site near the North Platte River in Casper, Wyoming.

At the River Bend site, near the North Platte River in Casper, Wyoming, archaeologists analyzed more than 5,000 artifacts to better understand Native American adornment practices in the 1700s. The ...

More information: Spencer R. Pelton et al, Early eighteenth century plains Indian adornment at the River Bend Site, Wyoming, Plains Anthropologist (2025). DOI: 10.1080/00320447.2025.2530336 ...