The Mikesboy Site Complex: Historic Archaeology and the Utes of Bears Ears

Author(s): R. E. Burrillo

Year: 2018

Summary

In 2016, SWCA Environmental Consultants conducted a limited Class II cultural resource inventory in the Bears Ears area in order to test a predictive model generated on behalf of the Monticello Field Office of the BLM for a Class I report. A historic stone-and-timber sheep corral with nearby rock inscriptions was located and mapped on the Butler Wash side of Comb Ridge during these efforts, and determined to be a historic Ute site with Navajo cultural elements. Subsequent revisits to the site revealed that it was part of a much larger site complex, including a second sheep corral, a temporary camp and wood-cutting area, and the remains of a hogan with badly-weathered inscriptions on an adjacent rock face that included the name "Mikesboy." This talk presents the results of research on Mikesboy and historic archaeology of the Utes of Bears Ears.

Cite this Record

The Mikesboy Site Complex: Historic Archaeology and the Utes of Bears Ears. R. E. Burrillo. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 442963)

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Spatial Coverage

min long: -123.97; min lat: 37.996 ; max long: -101.997; max lat: 46.134 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 21538