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Book Excavations at Five Finger Ridge  Clear Creek Canyon  Central Utah

Download or read book Excavations at Five Finger Ridge Clear Creek Canyon Central Utah written by Richard K. Talbot and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Finger Ridge is the largest Fremont community excavated thus far in the Fremont area. The site contained multiple pit and adobe walled storage structures, massive quantities of Fremont material culture including ceramics, chipped and stone, worked bone tools, ornaments, and animal bone, all of which is reported in detail. The site dates to the late Fremont period, AD 1100 to AD 1300.

Book Archaeology of Clear Creek Canyon

Download or read book Archaeology of Clear Creek Canyon written by Joel C. Janetski and published by Popular. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of archaeological work in the Clear Creek Canyon region of central Utah, including reports of Five Finger Ridge excavations and the establishment of Fremont Indian State Park.

Book Archaeological Surveys and Limited Excavations  Clear Creek Canyon  Central Utah

Download or read book Archaeological Surveys and Limited Excavations Clear Creek Canyon Central Utah written by Richard K. Talbot and published by . This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers the various surveys (with the exception of rock art surveys), both systematic and reconnaissance, in Clear Creek Canyon, Utah, in advance of the construction of I-70. The volume also includes the results of excavations at several sheltered sites and two granaries. The bulk of the material dates to the Fremont era, although Sheep Shelter also contained Archaic occupations.

Book Rock Art of Clear Creek Canyon in Central Utah

Download or read book Rock Art of Clear Creek Canyon in Central Utah written by Shane A. Baker and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports on the findings of the several rock art surveys completed as part of the Clear Creek Project. The rock art is illustrated in photos or drawings and described in detail. Rock art is what first interested early explorers and archaeologists in Clear Creek Canyon.

Book Excavations at Icicle Bench  Radford Roost and Lott s Farm  Clear Creek Canyon  Central Utah

Download or read book Excavations at Icicle Bench Radford Roost and Lott s Farm Clear Creek Canyon Central Utah written by Richard K. Talbot and published by . This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results of archaeological excavations at three Fremont structural sites in Clear Creek Canyon--Icicle Bench, Radford Roost, and Lott's Farm--are presented in this volume. Icicle Bench contained an early aceramic pithouse as well as several later structures, while Radford Roost was one of the richest structures excavated on the Clear Creek Project. Lott's Farm contained evidence of both Fremont and post-Fremont occupations.

Book Perspectives on Prehistoric Trade and Exchange in California and the Great Basin

Download or read book Perspectives on Prehistoric Trade and Exchange in California and the Great Basin written by Richard E. Hughes and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the circumstances and conditions under which trade/exchange, direct access, and/or mobility best account for material conveyance across varying distances at different times in the past.

Book Leaving Mesa Verde

    Book Details:
  • Author : Timothy A. Kohler
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2013-11-15
  • ISBN : 0816599688
  • Pages : 454 pages

Download or read book Leaving Mesa Verde written by Timothy A. Kohler and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is one of the great mysteries in the archaeology of the Americas: the depopulation of the northern Southwest in the late thirteenth-century AD. Considering the numbers of people affected, the distances moved, the permanence of the departures, the severity of the surrounding conditions, and the human suffering and culture change that accompanied them, the abrupt conclusion to the farming way of life in this region is one of the greatest disruptions in recorded history. Much new paleoenvironmental data, and a great deal of archaeological survey and excavation, permit the fifteen scientists represented here much greater precision in determining the timing of the depopulation, the number of people affected, and the ways in which northern Pueblo peoples coped—and failed to cope—with the rapidly changing environmental and demographic conditions they encountered throughout the 1200s. In addition, some of the scientists in this volume use models to provide insights into the processes behind the patterns they find, helping to narrow the range of plausible explanations. What emerges from these investigations is a highly pertinent story of conflict and disruption as a result of climate change, environmental degradation, social rigidity, and conflict. Taken as a whole, these contributions recognize this era as having witnessed a competition between differing social and economic organizations, in which selective migration was considerably hastened by severe climatic, environmental, and social upheaval. Moreover, the chapters show that it is at least as true that emigration led to the collapse of the northern Southwest as it is that collapse led to emigration.

Book The Great Basin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Donald Grayson
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2011-04-18
  • ISBN : 0520948718
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book The Great Basin written by Donald Grayson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive environmental and human history of this beautiful and little traveled region, home to Death Valley, the Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Donald K. Grayson synthesizes what we now know about the past 25,000 years in the Great Basin—its climate, lakes, glaciers, plants, animals, and peoples—based on information gleaned from the region’s exquisite natural archives in such repositories as lake cores, packrat middens, tree rings, and archaeological sites. A perfect guide for students, scholars, travelers, and general readers alike, the book weaves together history, archaeology, botany, geology, biogeography, and other disciplines into one compelling panorama across a truly unique American landscape.

Book Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest

Download or read book Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest written by Robert J. Stokes and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest presents new research on human organization in the American Southwest, examining families, households, and communities in the Ancestral Puebloan, Mogollon, and Hohokam major cultural areas, as well as the Fremont, Jornada Mogollon, and Lipan Apache areas, from the time of earliest habitation to the twenty-first century. Using historical data, dialectic approaches, problem-oriented and data-driven analysis, and ethnographic and gender studies methodologies, the contributors offer diverse interpretations of what constitutes a site, village, and community; how families and households organized their domestic space; and how this organization has influenced researchers’ interpretations of spatially derived archaeological data. Today’s archaeologists and anthropologists understand that communities operate as a multi-level, -organizational, -contextual, and -referential human creation, which informs their understanding of how people actively negotiate their way through and around community constraints. The chapters in this book creatively examine these interactions, revealing the dynamic nature of ancient and modern groups in the American Southwest. The book has two broad complementary themes: one focusing on household decision-making, identity, and structural relations with the greater community; the other concerned with community organization and integration, household roles within the community, and changes in community organization—violence and destabilization, coalescence and cooperation—over time. Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest weaves a rich tapestry of ancient and modern life through innovative approaches that will be of interest not only to Southwestern archaeologists but to all researchers and students interested in social organization at the household and community levels. Contributors: James R. Allison, Andrew Duff, Lindsay Johansson, Michael Lindeman, Myles Miller, James Potter, Alison E. Rautman, J. Jefferson Reid, Katie Richards, Oscar Rodriguez, Barbara Roth, Kristin Safi, Deni Seymour, Robert J. Stokes, Richard K. Talbot, Scott Ure, Henry Wallace, Stephanie M. Whittlesey

Book Interaction and Connectivity in the Greater Southwest

Download or read book Interaction and Connectivity in the Greater Southwest written by Karen Harry and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of proceedings from the fourteenth biennial Southwest Symposium explores different kinds of social interaction that occurred prehistorically across the Southwest. The authors use diverse and innovative approaches and a variety of different data sets to examine the economic, social, and ideological implications of the different forms of interaction, presenting new ways to examine how social interaction and connectivity influenced cultural developments in the Southwest. The book observes social interactions’ role in the diffusion of ideas and material culture; the way different social units, especially households, interacted within and between communities; and the importance of interaction and interconnectivity in understanding the archaeology of the Southwest’s northern periphery. Chapters demonstrate a movement away from strictly economic-driven models of social connectivity and interaction and illustrate that members of social groups lived in dynamic situations that did not always have clear-cut and unwavering boundaries. Social connectivity and interaction were often fluid, changing over time. Interaction and Connectivity in the Greater Southwest is an impressive collection of established and up-and-coming Southwestern archaeologists collaborating to strengthen the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline. It will be of interest to professional and academic archaeologists, as well as researchers with interests in diffusion, identity, cultural transmission, borders, large-scale interaction, or social organization. Contributors: Richard V. N. Ahlstrom, James R. Allison, Jean H. Ballagh, Catherine M. Cameron, Richard Ciolek-Torello, John G. Douglass, Suzanne L. Eckert, Hayward H. Franklin, Patricia A. Gilman, Dennis A. Gilpin, William M. Graves, Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin, Lindsay D. Johansson, Eric Eugene Klucas, Phillip O. Leckman, Myles R. Miller, Barbara J. Mills, Matthew A. Peeples, David A. Phillips Jr., Katie Richards, Heidi Roberts, Thomas R. Rocek, Tammy Stone, Richard K. Talbot, Marc Thompson, David T. Unruh, John A. Ware, Kristina C. Wyckoff

Book Zooarchaeology in Practice

Download or read book Zooarchaeology in Practice written by Christina M. Giovas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zooarchaeology in Practice unites depth of treatment with broad topical coverage to advance methodological discussion and development in archaeofaunal analysis. Through case studies, historical accounts, and technical reviews authored by leading figures in the field, the volume examines how zooarchaeological data and interpretation are shaped by its methods of practice and explores the impact of these effects at varying levels of investigation. Contributing authors draw on geographically and taxonomically diverse datasets, providing instructive approaches to problems in traditional and emerging areas of methodological concern. Readers, from specialists to students, will gain an extensive, sophisticated look at important disciplinary issues that are sure to provoke critical reflection on the nature and importance of sound methodology. With implications for how archaeologists reconstruct human behavior and paleoecology, and broader relevance to fields such as paleontology and conservation biology, Zooarchaeology in Practice makes an enduring contribution to the methodological advancement of the discipline.

Book Utah Archaeology

Download or read book Utah Archaeology written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shifting Sands

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard K. Talbot
  • Publisher : Occasional Papers
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 410 pages

Download or read book Shifting Sands written by Richard K. Talbot and published by Occasional Papers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology and Archaeology Hidden beneath the beautiful shifting dunes within the Sand Hollow Basin of southwestern Utah are thousands of campsites dating from the Early Archaic period into Historic times. The sites attest to life in a marginal environment, where small groups of people moved outward from the nearby Virgin River into the surrounding landscape, seasonally exploiting a surprisingly rich variety of plants and animals. This report summarizes archaeological, geomorphological, botanical, and climatological studies that have expanded our understanding of Native American land use and subsistence in this hot desert environment.

Book Traces of Fremont

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steven R. Simms
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 148 pages

Download or read book Traces of Fremont written by Steven R. Simms and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a fascinating look at rock art through the lens of archeology and anthropology, offering an innovative model of Fremont society, politics, and worldview.

Book Moon Utah

    Book Details:
  • Author : W. C. McRae
  • Publisher : Moon Travel
  • Release : 2017-06-20
  • ISBN : 1631215035
  • Pages : 808 pages

Download or read book Moon Utah written by W. C. McRae and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From remote deserts and arid mountain ranges to colorful canyons and world-famous national parks, Moon Utah reveals the best of this adventurous state. What you'll find in Moon Utah: Strategic itineraries from a weekend getaway to Salt Lake City, to ten days covering the entire state, curated for history buffs, families, outdoor adventurers, ski bums, budget travelers, and more How to plan a national parks road trip covering Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, and Canyonlands Must-see highlights and unique experiences: Hike or mountain bike across canyons, rugged mountain ranges, and glistening salt flats, or hit the slopes at a Park City ski resort. Admire ancient Native American rock art and cliff dwellings, and walk beside fossilized dinosaur footprints. Explore historic Mormon sites in Salt Lake City, or wander through old mining towns. Go rafting down the Colorado River, canyoneering through the Narrows, or climb to the famed Delicate Arch just in time to watch the sun setting over the captivating hoodoos Honest recommendations from Utah experts and lifelong explorers W.C. McRae and Judy Jewell on when to go, where to eat, and where to stay, from ski resorts to budget motels to campgrounds Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout Accurate, up-to-date information on the landscape, wildlife, and history, and advice for LGBTQ+ travelers, international visitors, seniors, and travelers with disabilities With Moon Utah's myriad activities, practical advice, and local insight on the best things to do and see, you can plan your trip your way. Focusing on the parks? Try Moon Zion & Bryce or Moon Arches & Canyonlands. Hitting the road? Try Moon Southwest Road Trip.