Date of Award
5-2026
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
Committee Chair(s)
Judson Byrd Finley (Committee Chair)
Committee
Judson Byrd Finley
Committee
David Byers
Committee
Jacob Freeman
Abstract
Archaeological research on the Fremont tradition in Utah has historically emphasized large village excavations to define Fremont cultural traits. While these investigations have clarified aspects of material culture, architecture, and subsistence, villages represent only brief, localized occupations within a millennium-long continuum of mixed foraging and farming (Simms 2008). This emphasis on large settlements has left smaller, more ephemeral sites that are integral to dryland human ecology underrepresented.
Fremont archaeology in Utah needs a perspective that unifies village-based excavations with landscape-level survey data to fully understand the scope of developmental and behavioral trajectories in northern Colorado Plateau dryland agricultural systems. Through integrating academic excavation reports and a sample of 495 CRM generated site forms, this study demonstrates that the dispersed, non-architectural activity areas dot the landscape. For example, widespread thermal features reflect repeated subsistence processing beyond village contexts. Documenting these sites contributes to a better understanding of the organization of agricultural production and settlement systems in this region.
Recommended Citation
Gittins, Tanner, "Integrating Academic and Cultural Resource Management Archaeology for the Trough Hollow Project, Sevier and Emery Counties, Utah" (2026). All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects, Fall 2023 to Present. 145.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports2023/145
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