Spatial Identification and Characterization of Native American Pithouse Villages along the Salmon River and Its Tributaries Utilizing Multi-Method Geophysical and Geochemical Survey

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh and the Salmon-Challis National Forest has focused on a multi-year campaign of geophysical and geochemical surveys. This work has employed a suite of techniques to develop a better understanding of prehistoric social organization and a comparative spatial study of early village sites along the Salmon River and its major tributaries in the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness of central Idaho. The combination of geophysical survey and soil chemistry (fluxgate gradiometry, earth resistance, electromagnetic conductivity, soil magnetic susceptibility, pXRF analysis, and soil extraction geochemistry) has provided a high-resolution, minimally-invasive approach to site characterization and is assisting with the management and protection of important archaeological sites and cultural heritage connected with early indigenous populations of this region.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 24621