What was "Fremont"? Advances in the Explanation and Archaeological Understanding of the Fremont Regional System

In the far northern Southwest, many advances within Fremont archaeology have recently occurred. Focusing on Fremont as interconnected groups of people who were influenced by agriculture and may have shared ideas concerning how artifacts, structures, and their social world should be, this symposium presents a series of papers in which authors tackle both large scale and site specific problems to discuss what being "Fremont" meant and how this identity influenced the behavior of those who participated in the Fremont Regional System. These papers address questions concerning pan-Fremont traits and the origins of Fremont social life along with questions of community organization and activities, how both farming and foraging fit into Fremont life, the positioning of high status individuals within the Fremont social world, and how Fremont people situated themselves in relation to the larger Southwestern interaction sphere.