Download or read book Archaeological Investigations in the Canyon Pintado Historic District Rio Blanco County Colorado written by Halcyon J. La Point and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaeological Investigations at the Len Caryl Ranch Colorado written by Ann Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaeological Investigations on the Uncompahgre Plateau in West Central Colorado written by Hannah Marie Wormington and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Rocks written by Florence Cline Lister and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of archaeological research performed in the upper San Juan district, presented along with new interpretations of the role of the Chimney Rock communities in regional prehistory. Written for both the general public and scientific readers, recounts the initial work conducted at Chimney Rock and discusses related and subsequent work, presenting modern evalutions of the Anasazi occupation, the Ute Indian bands who claimed the territory, and the arrival in the late 19th century of a small Hispanic population. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Archaeological Research in the Northeastern San Juan Basin of Colorado During the Summer of 1921 Classic Reprint written by Jean Allard Jeancon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Archaeological Research in the Northeastern San Juan Basin of Colorado During the Summer of 1921 While the existence of prehistoric ruins in the northeastern San J m basin has been known of for a long time it was not thought of enough importance to make an extended survey of them and it remained for the State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado to make the first serious efiort to determine the extent and area of the ruins. The attention of the society was first called to the ruins by Mr. F. 0. Reed of the American Railway Express Company, who referred the president of the society to Mr. J. S. Palmer, of Farmington, New Mexico, as one who was familiar with the situation. A certain amount of correspondence followed and matters were also taken up with Mr. W. Z abriskie of Pagosa Junction, who referred the society to Mr. W. E. Colton of Pagosa Springs. From Mr. Colton sherds, photo graphs and other material was obtained and from the showing made it was thought advisable for the Curator of Archaeology and Ethnology to make a pre liminary visit to Pagosa Springs and vicinity to ascertain the extent and char acter of the ruins. This visit was made in April. The result proved that there were many ruins in the neighborhood and a summer's expedition was at once planned. A permit to excavate and examine ruins in Archuleta County was ap plied for and through the interest and influence of United States Senator L. C. Phipps and Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the permit was speedily granted by the Department of Agriculture. Active solicitation for funds to carry on the summer's work was begun at once, and through the interest of Mrs. Jarvis (clarice) Richards, Mrs. Ida Kruse M cfarlane, Mr. Paul T. Mayo Dr. E. B. Renaud and others, an agreement was made whereby certain funds were secured to pursue the work as a joint expedition of the State Historical and Natural History Society and the University of Denver. A two-ton truck was loaned the expedition by the State Highway Department of Colorado for transportation purposes and on June the l1th the expedition left Denver for the field. A permanent camp was made at the foot of the Chimney Rock mesa, 22 miles west of Pagosa Springs, and after reap-ening a mile of an abandoned logging road to accommodate automobiles and building a foot trail of about a mile in length to the top of the mesa, a site was selected and active work begun on the excavations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Archaeological investigations in the southern Sierra Nevada written by Alan P. Garfinkel and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hunter Gatherer Archaeology of the Colorado High Country written by Mark Stiger and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2001-08-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology of the Colorado High Country offers data on 8,000 years of cultural change across a wide area of western Colorado and updates archaeological methodology in the mountain West. Synthesizing research from several important, previously neglected sites, the book anchors its findings in a massive body of data that Mark Stiger gathered over eight years at Tenderfoot - a large lithic-scatter site once categorized as insignificant. Advances in spatial analysis, theoretical approaches, and excavation methods have allowed lithic-scatter sites, once considered less revealing than intact structures and similar sites, to yield startlingly rich cultural evidence. Presenting artifactual data that reflects changes in houses, game drives, fire pits, stone tools, and debitage, Stiger explains the cultural sequence in the Upper Gunnison Basin and its connections to changes across the West. He relates environmental and cultural changes, relying on paleoenvironmental evidence, changes in floral and faunal usage patterns, and data recovered in multi-year, repetitive surface collections. An overview and critique of past research in the region complements discussion of the advantages of horizontally extensive block excavations and other contemporary ways of excavating and analyzing surface sites. Stiger's findings hold promise for future research, as high-altitude surface sites are common, under-researched, and relatively well-preserved. The advances in archaeological method and theory that enabled Stiger's outstanding results in the Upper Gunnison Basin will allow many other Western sites to yield fascinating evidence.
Download or read book An Archaeological Inventory in North Park Jackson County Colorado written by Bureau of Bureau of Land Management and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document presents the first major study of the prehistory of North Park, the northernmost of the three intermontane basins in Colorado. The archaeological investigations were conducted by the University of Colorado for the bureau of Land Management to determine areas suitable for leasing and mining coal. These data have also provided baseline information for the preparation of a land use plan encompassing North Park.
Download or read book A Survey of Vandalism to Archaeological Resources in Southwestern Colorado written by U.S. Department of the Interior and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most critical concerns for land managers and professional archaeologists is vandalism or unwarranted destruction of vestiges of the nation's historic and prehistoric cultural resources. Though illegal since 1906, the attrition of archaeological sites and data on public lands has been and continues to be a serious problem. This study undertakes analysis of the factors affecting vandalism to archaeological sites in the Bureau of Land Management's Sacred Mountain Planning Unit, located in southwestern Colorado. The study area has long been known for its many spectacular prehistoric ruins and, as a consequence, relic or artifact collecting has been a common pastime since the 1880s. In order to define factors associated with vandalism from which recommendations for improved management and conservation of the area's ruins could be made, several phases of inquiry were outlined. These include: 1) a review of activities which are deleterious to cultural resources; 2) an overview of cultural resource destruction in the project area; 3) a compilation of known site data through the use of certain variables thought to be important to the problem; 4) a field implementation phase designed to verify the trends and factors identified in the known site file data; and 5) interviews with known collectors of antiquities living in the area. As a result of these efforts, quantitative data are offered to support previous ideas that in the project area archaeological site density, distribution, and visibility, along with relatively easy access, are the principal factors associated with vandalism to cultural resources. Other factors of secondary importance include the local and family traditions of artifact collecting, and a commercial or profit motive. Recommendations to management center on actions related to the need for demonstrable intent to prosecute violators of extant antiquities laws, expansion of existing preventative programs, and continued and increased emphasis on public education approaches. This study of vandalism to archaeological resources represents a new management approach by the Bureau of land Management in protecting our cultural heritage. The intent of the work was to use different sources of information such as data on known vandalized sites and interviews with former or current artifact collectors to determine the source, type, and extent of the vandalism problem in southwestern Colorado. The result of this study has allowed the BLM to make better and more productive use of its limited protection funds. Our protection effort is now emphasizing three areas: public education on the heritage value of cultural resources, interpretation and stabilization of the more visible and important resources, and the use of patrol and law enforcement to deter vandals from further destruction of these nonrenewable heritage values.
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Rocks written by Florence Cline Lister and published by Durango Herald Small Press. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years after the discovery of the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, the first scientific archaeological explorations in Colorado took place in a district of the upper San Juan River drainage known for a pair of prominent pinnacles called Chimney Rock. In the Shadow of the Rocks presents a comprehensive history of archaeological research performed in the district as well as new interpretations of the role of the Chimney Rock communities in regional prehistory. This new edition brings findings up to date, with reports by current archaeological and astronomical researchers, and a new foreword by Richard Moe, president emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Download or read book Finding Sand Creek written by Jerome A. Greene and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1864 Sand Creek Massacre is one of the most disturbing and controversial events in American history. While its historical significance is undisputed, the exact location of the massacre has been less clear. Because the site is sacred ground for Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, the question of its location is more than academic; it is intensely personal and spiritual. In 1998 the National Park Service, under congressional direction, began a research program to verify the location of the Sand Creek site. The team consisted of tribal members, Park Service staff and volunteers, and local landowners. In Finding Sand Creek, the project’s leading historian, Jerome A. Greene, and its leading archeologist, Douglas D. Scott, tell the story of how this dedicated group of people used a variety of methods to pinpoint the site. Drawing on oral histories, written records, and archeological fieldwork, Greene and Scott present a wealth of evidence to verify their conclusions. Greene and Scott’s team study led to legislation in the year 2000 that established the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
Download or read book Archaeological Investigations Along Tonto Creek written by Susan D. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaeological Investigations in the Proposed Midstate Irrigation Project written by University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Department of Anthropology. Division of Archeological Research and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
