SLCC Field School Contact:

K. Renee Barlow

Field School Application

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Locomotive Rock in Range Creek, one of many spectacular outcrops. Five pithouses, seven granaries, seven rock art panels and a set of carved toe holds were recorded on this formation during the 2002 field season. Click here to see powerpoint slides.

The SLCC Archaeological Field School at Range Creek

The Range Creek Archaeological Project is part of a large, multi-year project designed to identify and document archaeological sites in a spectacular, remote desert canyon near Price, Utah. Range Creek is a tributary of the Green River, and is similar to nearby Ninemile Canyon.

Approximately 145 archaeological sites were identified and recorded during the 2002 and 2003 field seasons. Hundreds of Fremont archaeological sites that have not yet been recorded include adobe and masonry granaries, pithouse villages, caches and cists in rockshelters, and amazing rock art panels.

Most sites date to the Fremont period, AD 500-1350, although some rock art may be Archaic. During the 2004 field season, crews from the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College will be identifying and recording sites through surveys, mapping large village sites, and conducting test excavations to investigate the lifeways of past cultures.

Sponsors of the Range Creek Archaeological Project include the State of Utah, the Bureau of Land Management, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the Utah Rock Art Research Association, the Utah Division of State History, Uintah Research, the Univerity of Utah Archaeological Center, the Utah Museum of Natural History, and Salt Lake Community College.

For more info contact renee.barlow@slcc.edu

or call 801-957-3303

    

Rock art site near the confluence of Range Creek and Turtle Creek recorded during the 2002 field season.

Granary found on Locomotive Rock during the 2002 field season at Range Creek
 
   

Jesse Winintsky, Penny Henriksen and Eve Teglund record a granary during the 2003 field season.

Enrolling in the Salt Lake Community College Field School

You must be enrolled at Salt Lake Community College to attend the field school unless you make special arrangements in advance. First, enroll at SLCC, then fill out and return a Range Creek Field School application. You can send it in the mail, scan and email it back, or drop it off at N121, SLCC South City Campus, 1575 South State Street in Salt Lake City. Call me if you have any questions at 957-3303 (Phone/Voicemail). Be sure to indicate the one or two sessions you would like to attend.

SLCC Field School participants will have a hands-on introduction to basic archaeological survey skills, including: site inventory, recording sites using IMACS, site photography, artifact identification, making site sketches and artifact sketches, plotting site locations with a GPS reciever, traditional map and compass skills, and conducting limited test excavations to address research questions.

Students may choose one or two ten-day sessions:

Anth 2500 section 004- 2004 SLCC Archaeological Field School at Range Creek

  • Session 1: June 7-16
  • Session 2: June 21-30
  • Session 3: July 5-14

Tuition and fees- Tuition is $360 for 3 credit hours. Additional special fees have been waived in 2004.

Contact Renee Barlow at SLCC: phone/voicemail 801-957-3303, or email renee.barlow@slcc.edu.