Urban Archaeology in the City of the Saints and the Growth of a Real Frontier City

Author(s): Donald D. Southworth II

Year: 2015

Summary

While archaeologist in the western United States survey wide open expanses for federal and state agencies, archaeology in the urban centers themselves are often ignored.  The majority of city centers consist mostly of businesses and business is money.  Archaeology in these districts cost time and money, so archaeology is almost never undertaken unless it is done for an agency that must follow established laws and regulations that include archaeology.  The new United States Courthouse for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, presented just such an opportunity to conduct urban archaeology.  The results of these excavations have highlighted contrasting interpretations of the accepted narrative history of the city, and the life style of its inhabitants.  This paper presents some of the evidence for a reinterpretation. 

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Urban Archaeology in the City of the Saints and the Growth of a Real Frontier City. Donald D. Southworth II. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 434083)

Keywords

General
City Urban Western

Geographic Keywords
North America United States of America

Temporal Keywords
1900

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 524