Archaeological data recovery in the Piceance and Wyoming basins of Northwestern Colorado and Southwestern Wyoming / edited by Matthew J. Landt (Principle Investigator) [and sixteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., editor.

Landt, Matthew J., editor, author.

Series:

Archaeopress archaeology.

Archaeopress Archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wyoming--Antiquities.

Wyoming.

Colorado--Antiquities.

Colorado.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]

Summary:

In the United States of America, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act requires that projects funded, authorized, or permitted by the federal government consider historic properties that may be affected by the development of those projects. To comply with Section 106, an interstate pipeline corridor in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado was surveyed to identify cultural resources and to evaluate them in terms of significance and potential listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Once sites were identified, a mitigation strategy was developed in coordination with the Bureau of Land Management. That plan prioritized important cultural resources within a regional archaeological context and included substantial excavations at 14 sites. 0The archaeological excavations were successful in recovering the types of data necessary to address regional research issues that were raised in the project?s alternative mitigation plan. The data recovery effort included site-specific geophysical assessments as well as providing an opportunity to analyze the geology, fauna, flora, and tens of thousands of prehistoric and historical artifacts from the sites.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781784917968

1784917966