Nine mile canyon : the archaeological history of an American treasure
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Nine mile canyon : the archaeological history of an American treasure
University of Utah Press, c2013
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
With an estimated 10,000 ancient rock art sites, Nine Mile Canyon has long captivated people the world over. The 45-mile-long canyon, dubbed the "World's Longest Art Gallery," hosts what is believed to be the largest concentration of rock art in North America. But rock art is only part of the amazing archaeological fabric that scholars have been struggling to explain for more than a century. Jerry D. Spangler takes the reader on a journey into Nine Mile Canyon through the eyes of the generations of archaeologists who have gone there only to leave bewildered by what it all means. The earliest collectors in the 1890s were determined to recover collections for museums but never much cared to understand the people who left the artefacts. Then came a cadre of young scientists-the first to be trained specifically in archaeology- who found Nine Mile Canyon to be an intriguing laboratory that yielded more questions than answers. Scholars such as Noel Morss, Donald Scott, Julian Steward, John Gillin, and John Otis Brew all left their boot prints there.
Today, archaeological research is experiencing another renaissance- a new generation of university-trained archaeologists is determined to unravel the mystery of Nine Mile Canyon using scientific tools and techniques that were unavailable to past generations. Through the words and thoughts of the archaeologists, as well as the more than 150 photos, readers will come to see Nine Mile Canyon as an American treasure unlike any other. As the first book that is devoted exclusively to the archaeology of this unique place, Nine Mile Canyon will evoke fascination among scholars and the general public alike.
Table of Contents
List of FiguresIntroduction1. John Wesley Powell and the Conundrum of the Name Nine Mile Canyon2. Artifacts, Exhibits and Utah's First Archaeologists3. Defining the Fremont Culture with Noel Morss, Harvard University and the Claflin Emerson Expedition4. On the Fringe of Science with Albert Reagan and the Para-archaeologists5. John Gillin and the University of Utah Investigations at Sky House, Valley Village and Warrior Ridge6. Rock Art, Settlement Patterns and a Broader Understanding of Nine Mile Canyon7. Current Perspectives on the Prehistory of Nine Mile CanyonAppendixReferences CitedIndex
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