The Adams State University Cultural Heritage program is a multidisciplinary approach and combination of research, scholarship, and community involvement projects. The program includes collections from the online Master’s Degree Program in Cultural Resource Management, collections from ongoing academic research from the fields of Anthropology, Archaeology, Heritage, Preservation, Geology, and other campus departments as appropriate, and community based projects developed through multidisciplinary efforts of faculty and staff at Adams State University. The program focuses on but is not limited to research with artifacts (tangible and intangible), archaeological sites, ancient landscapes, and applied projects that fit into the larger definitions of culture and heritage – the objects, buildings and places of both the past and its impact on the present people. These elements create a sense of place for previous and current cultures. Through these efforts the program addresses contemporary concerns within the local region and to educate new generations about these approaches to larger issues.
Site Name Keywords
5RN.358
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Settlements •
Hamlet / Village •
Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Mine •
Non-Domestic Structures
Other Keywords
Historic Mining •
Gold Mining •
Colorado History •
Company Town •
Colorado
Culture Keywords
Historic
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview •
Architectural Survey •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Systematic Survey •
Architectural Documentation •
Historic Background Research •
Heritage Management
Geographic Keywords
New Mexico •
United States of America (Country) •
Colorado (State / Territory) •
Rio Grande County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Virginia •
USA (Country) •
Summitville, CO
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The Historic Mining Community of Summitville During the Great Depression: A Historical Archaeological Approach. (2018)
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Thirty-Three historic structures in various stages of decay are all that remain of the gold mining community of Summitville. Summitville, which is nestled in the mountains of southern Colorado, was once known as one of the most productive gold mines in all of the state. This community was organized into a Company Town in 1934. There have been no prior archaeological investigations at this site, and, therefore, little is known about how far the company went to control the residents and their...
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Nominating the Mortandad-Sandia Cavate Complex: Using the National Register to Advance the Goals of Applied Archaeology (2017)
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This project aimed at completing the process of nominating the Mortandad-Sandia Pueblo Complex to the National Register of Historic Places as a final applied thesis project for the completion of a Master’s degree in Humanities with a focus in Cultural Resource Management from Adams State University’s Department of History, Anthropology, Political Science, Philosophy, Spanish (HAPPS). This task was accomplished as a partnership among Los Alamos National Laboratory’s environmental stewardship...
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Reinterpreting a Nineteenth Century Dairy Agricultural Landscape (2017)
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Site 44FX0543, located in the western Piedmont region of Fairfax County at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, has had a long debated function by archaeologists and historians. A problematic interpretation of the site function as an enslaved African American dwelling dating to an unknown temporal period of ownership was the result of misinterpretation of landscape, previous archaeological investigations, and the likely misinformation gained through second-hand oral histories of the parkland. The research...