Managing, Protecting, and Interpreting Utah Army National Guard Cultural Resources

Summary

Since 2011 USU Archeological Services has assisted the Utah Army National Guard in the management and interpretation of its varied cultural resources. The work was conducted through a Cooperative Agreement between the UTARNG and Utah State University Quinney College of Natural Resources. Initially, USU Archeological Services worked with the UTARNG on data recovery in advance of firing range construction, however the presence of unexploded ordnance required great changes in project scope with limited time. The flexibility of the cooperative agreement allowed for a rather simple change in the project parameters without costly delays and expense. Over the past five years projects included evaluative testing at a possible Fremont-era site at the Salt Lake City Readiness Center, site reassessments at Camp Williams, historic structure documentation at various installations, geophysical surveys at a Puebloan II-III site, development of interpretive displays, historic canal history, documentation of rock art, curation preparation, and the development of a precontact context for Camp Williams. This partnership has also provided an opportunity for training and employing USU archaeology students, an important mission of USUAS.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Public Agencies and Universities: Partnerships for the Past

Keywords

Spatial Coverage