Fremont Legacy in Capitol Reef and the Waterpocket Fold: A Radiocarbon Analysis of the Pectol Collection Coiled Basketry Using Bayesian Modeling

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Socioecological Dynamics of Holocene Foragers and Farmers" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Perishable artifacts provide ample opportunity to understand the past, and radiocarbon dating is one area where artifacts constructed from annual plants can make a significant contribution. The analysis and dating of basketry from the Pectol Collection, an important collection of Fremont baskets from Utah’s Capitol Reef region, aids in the development of a high-precision chronology for this area. We present new AMS radiocarbon ages on 18 Fremont coiled baskets using construction and design elements as prior information to constrain the age of different styles in the assemblage. We treat the basketry and its associated radiocarbon ages as a signal for local Fremont occupational intensity. We use these data to test the hypothesis that agricultural communities in the northern Colorado Plateau formed earlier but persisted for a shorter duration than those in the eastern Great Basin by comparing new ages to existing regional radiocarbon data.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Socioecological Dynamics of Holocene Foragers and Farmers   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36931.0