Road work in Nine Mile Canyon yields new archaeological finds

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Their trowels loosened up the hard soil, which was carried to a sifting screen where small artifacts from what was once a Fremont Indian pit house were separated out and placed in neatly labeled paper bags.

"We rarely, rarely get to excavate in the canyon," said Jody Patterson, principal investigator for Montgomery Archaeology Consultants Inc.

"Being able to look at some of these sites — being able to excavate — we're finding out stuff we had no idea existed out here, in places where we didn't know they would be," he said.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865556086/Road-work-in-Nine-Mile-Canyon-yields-new-archaeological-finds.html?pg=1

Pretty good coverage of the process of cultural resource management working to remediate adverse impacts on historic resources.

[Judi Lynn]

1. What an amazing endeavor! They must be looking forward to work every day!

From the article:

Nine Mile Canyon has been dubbed "the longest art gallery in the world." It's steep walls are home to at least 1,000 rock art sites, which contain more than 10,000 individual images that date back to the Fremont Indians. There are also Native American granaries and dwellings, as well as ranch houses built by the area's earliest pioneers.

Thanks for this article.