PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE GOOSEBERRY CAMPGROUND STONE KNIFE, FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST, RICHFIELD, UTAH

Summary

A stone knife measuring about 6 inches long was found by a third grade boy in the

backdirt of a trench for a new water system within the Gooseberry Campground, Fishlake

National Forest, Utah. The artifact was discovered during an Environmental Workshop

involving hundreds of third-graders. No other cultural resources have been discovered in the

campground, although the general area has yielded a small inventory of Archaic and Numic

sites. A large concentration of Fremont habitation sites and artifact scatters are located three

to four miles to the north. The artifact was given to Fishlake National Forest officials

approximately two months after it was discovered, during which time the artifact had been

cleaned and probably handled by several people. The artifact and two soil control samples

were submitted for protein residue analysis to provide information concerning possible animal

resources that were processed using the knife.

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• PaleoResearch Institute

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