A Sample-oriented Cultural Resource Inventory in Carbon, Emery, and Sanpete Counties Utah PDF Download

Author: Alan D. Reed
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Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"A sample-oriented cultural resource inventory of five study tracts in central Utah was constructed by Nickens and Associates in 1982 and 1983. The survey tracts, comprising approximately 113,000 acres, are being considered for coal leasing and other energy-related development by federal land-managing agencies. Ten percent of the acreage of each of the study tracts was subjected to field inspection for cultural resources. Sample units, each containing 160 acres, were randomly selected within the study tracts. A total of 70 sample units, containing 11,200 acres, was inventoried. The cultural resource inventory resulted in the discovery of 25 archaeological sites and 74 isolated finds. Of the sites, 24 were prehistoric, and one was historic. The prehistoric sites generally consisted of small, rather unremarkable scatters of chipped stone artifacts. Analyses were conducted to determine functions of the prehistoric lithic scatters; two were classified as short-term campsites, one was classified as a tool kit site, five were classified as chipping stations where the initial stages of stone reduction occurred, and the remaining 16 were classified as chipping stations where the final stages of stone reduction occurred . . . ."--Page 1.