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<br />• in Saskatchewan, Hanna points alone were found in a datable context. <br />Two radiocarbon dates are available for this site: 2570 BC and 1420 BC <br />(Neuman 1967:476). Wheeler (1954) feels that the typical Duncan-Hanna <br />complex dates from roughly 2500 to 850 BC. This is in line with the <br />range of dates for both types as outlined by Neuman. <br />98 <br />A third isolated find, Type VA, is morphologically similar to a <br />projectile from Level 18 at Munmy Cave in northwestern Wyoming. A radio- <br />carbon assa from this level <br />y provides a date of 5190 BC (Wedel, Rusted, <br />and Moss 1968). This projectile was located in Moffat County, somewhat <br />nearer to Deluge Shelter. If this artifact is related to a site in the <br />t area, we could assume that some kind of cultural activity was occurring <br />at this time in the Yampa River basin east of the Dinosaur National Monu- <br />ment area. <br />~' <br />A11 of the Early Middle Prehistoric materials are surface finds and <br />consequently of somewhat uncertain provenience. Caution should be used <br />in ascribing the presence of these items to an actual occupation of the <br />Yampa River basin during this time period.`~However, unless all four of <br />the specimens were carried in by later aboriginal inhabitants, we are <br />fairly certain that some kind of activity was occurring in the area by at <br />~ least 2500 BC, and possibly as early as about 5200 BC. <br />Site SRT22 is the only site which can be associated with the Early <br />Middle Prehistoric Period on the basis of information presently available. <br />Consequently, not much can be said at this time regarding settlement pat- <br />terns during this time period. This site will be described in detail in <br />a later section, but deserves some mention here. There are three other <br /> <br />