Comparative Analysis of Historic Native American Gathering Camps in Kaibab National Forest

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recent Archaeological Work by Chronicle Heritage Staff" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This poster summarizes the results of Chronicle Heritage’s recently completed South Kaibab Fuels Reduction Class III Project, conducted on behalf of the Kaibab National Forest (KNF) in advance of fire-reduction treatment. The survey covered 12,724 acres of KNF land within the Tusayan Ranger District. As a result of this survey, Chronicle Heritage identified and fully documented 8 previously recorded and 63 newly recorded historic Native American gathering camps, each comprised of temporary wooden structures. These sites offer a distinctive picture of Native American land use in the 20th century. The novel data from these sites demonstrate that they deserve further study and protection. This poster presents a background of these historic structures and their role in resource collecting, such as pinyon and fuelwood gathering, along the South Rim during the Historic period, and offers a comparative analysis of the sites identified within the survey area.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• Recent Archaeological Work by Chronicle Heritage Staff

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Abstract Id(s): 52215