The Crimson Cowboys : the remarkable odyssey of the 1931 Claflin-Emerson Expedition / Jerry D. Spangler & James M. Aton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spangler, Jerry D., author.

Aton, James M., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Claflin-Emerson Expedition (1927-1931).

Claflin-Emerson Expedition.

Archaeological surveying--Utah.

Archaeological surveying.

Fremont culture--Utah.

Fremont culture.

Pueblo Indians--Antiquities.

Pueblo Indians.

Indians of North America--Utah--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Utah.

Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Utah.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Utah--Antiquities.

Indians of North America--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xv, 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2018]

Summary:

"In 1931 a group from Harvard University's Peabody Museum accomplished something that had never been attempted in the history of American archaeology: a six-week, four-hundred-mile horseback survey of Fremont prehistoric sites through some of the West's most rugged terrain. The expedition was successful, but a report on the findings was never completed. What should have been one of the great archaeological stories in American history was relegated to boxes and files in the basement of the Peabody Museum at Harvard. Now, based on over a thousand pages of documents (field journals, correspondence, and receipts) and over four hundred photographs, this book recounts the remarkable day-to-day adventures of this crew of one professor, five students, and three Utah guides who braved heat, fatigue, and the dangerous canyon wilderness to reveal vestiges of the Fremont culture in the Tavaputs Plateau and Uinta Basin areas. To better tell this story, authors Spangler and Aton undertook extensive fieldwork to confirm the sites; their recent photographs and those of the original expedition are shared on these pages. This engaging narrative situates the 1931 survey and its discoveries within the history of American archaeology"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An elephantine endeavor : preparations for the 1931 field season

The adventure begins : probing the East Tavaputs Plateau

Divide and conquer : the exploration of Willow Creek

Castles in the sky : the Hill Creek excavations

Into the thick of it : Nine Mile Canyon

Unnoticed treasures : the expedition to Range Creek Canyon

Wildest desolation : exploring the Green River's west bank

Dirty shovels : Devil's Playground and Rasmussen Cave

Out with a whimper : the Uinta Basin investigations

Scholars and cowboys : afterwards.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Spangler, Jerry D., author. Crimson Cowboys

ISBN:

9781607816492

1607816490

OCLC:

1048941179