Excavation and Restoration of a Fremont Granary in Northwest Colorado

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

We were commissioned to restore a granary constructed circa 900 AD south of the White River in Northwest Colorado. Restoration involved removing cliff fall debris, excavating the granary, and then restoring the walls that had collapsed. In the process of excavating, we learned how the granary was built, what went into its construction, and how it was reinforced. We also learned how Formative Period builders in Northwest Colorado cut the wood that they used to make the roofs of their granaries. What we will present is a description of how granaries were constructed in the upper Colorado Plateau between 900 and 1100 AD. We will briefly describe the maize stored in the granary and compare our findings with other granaries in the Colorado River Basin.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35964.0