Browsing Cedar Mesa Research Materials by Title
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Tale of a Test Pit: The research history of a midden column from the Turkey Pen site, Utah
(2019)Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. In 1972 R.G. Matson and a small crew excavated a dry, stratified midden at a Pueblo Cliff Dwelling site in Grand Gulch, as part of the Cedar Mesa Project. ... -
The Archaeology of Bears Ears
(SAA Archaeological Record, 2017-11)This report recounts the history of archaeology in the Bears Ears region of Utah (USA), including the Cedar Mesa Project. -
The Cedar Mesa Project: 1967-2007
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The Household in Transition: Spatial Organization of Early Anasazi Residential-Domestic Units, Southeastern Utah.
(1/1/1988 0)This study examines the spatial organization of residential-domestic units in two early periods (covering ca. A.D. 200-275) of the Anasazi tradition in the American Southwest. It asks whether or not there is evidence that ... -
The interpretation of archaeological tree-ring dates
(1/1/1985 0)A comparative approach to analysis of the body of tree-ring data from prehistoric sites in the American Southwest provides information on patterns of wood use, the effectiveness of interpretive methods, and culture history. ... -
The Kiln Conference at Crow Canyon: A Summary Report, 1991 to 1996
(7/16/2015 )This report describes the Kiln Conference, whose purpose it is to examine Ancestral Puebloan pottery firing technology from a wide range of interests including potters, archaeologists, ethnobotanists and Native Americans. ... -
The salvage of archaeological data from Turkey Pen Ruin, Grand Gulch Primitive Area, San Juan County, Utah
(Division of Conservation Archaeology, San Juan County Archaeological Research Center and Library, 12/20/1984)Following episodes of vandalism at Turkey Pen Ruin, an archaeological site within the Grand Gulch Primitive Area in southeastern Utah, the Bureau of Land Management contracted with the Division of Conservation Archaeology ... -
Too Many Turkeys??
(3/15/2016 )This PowerPoint presentation was delivered March 15, 2016, at Verde Valley Archaeology Center in Camp Verde, AZ. It poses the question "Did raising extra corn for turkeys put too much stress on Pueblo farming in the AD 1200s?" -
Too Many Turkeys??
(3/1/2016 0)This PowerPoint presentation was delivered in March 2016 at the Society of Ethnobiology meetings in Tucson, AZ. The presentation has various goals, including: Describe increase in turkeys and decrease in artioodactyls in ... -
Towering enigma: an examination of late Pueblo II and Pueblo III towers in the northern San Juan region
(1/1/2010 0)One of the most impressive structural elements of ancestral Puebloan cultureis the masonry tower, a structure most commonly found during the Pueblo III (A.D.1150-1300) period of northern San Juan region occupation. This ... -
Turkey Pen Excavation
(2018)The Cedar Mesa Project was an archaeological project on Cedar Mesa in SE Utah, funded by the National Science Foundation and co-directed by William (Bill) Lipe and R.G. Matson. This report provides background information ... -
Two Presentations Regarding Cultural Resource Management Issues on Public Lands in Southeastern Utah
(1/1/2010 0)These two presentations were made at meetings organized by Senator Robert Bennett of Utah to obtain input from interested parties regarding public lands management issues in southeastern Utah. The first presentation, made ... -
Using Science to Revive Old Excavations
(6/5/2018)The value (and excitement) of archaeological field work doesn’t end when the pits are backfilled, the artifacts are analyzed, and the reports written. At least that’s true if the collections are safely curated in a well-run ... -
Woodrats Rule! Climbing and Coring in Southeast Utah Cliff Dwellings
(4/1/2015 0)William (Bill) Lipe and RG Matson made this presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in San Francisco, April, 2015, in honor of archaeologist Tom Windes. Windes contributed to the archaeology ...