Keywords

Sherd, petrographs, Utah, archaeology

Abstract

Prehistoric sherds from two sites near the Salt Lake City airport were analyzed petrographically and compared to a small reference set of sands from the Salt Lake Valley. No Fremont wares are tempered with sand from the Salt Lake area. Some Late Prehistoric wares are tempered with coarse, angular, alluvial sand temper of mineralic composition from metagranite sources 10-12 kilometers away. Volcanic-tempered Late Prehistoric sherds may originate in the Traverse Mountains--provenance cannot be established without further sampling, but the closest sources are at least 30 kilometers away. In all cases sources appear to be non-local to the studied sites.

Original Publication Citation

Sergio F. Castro-Reino and James R. Allison 2005 Petrographic Analysis of Sherd Samples from the Hot Spring Lake and Airport Sites, Salt Lake City, Utah. Paper presented at the 70th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah. (presented by Sergio Castro-Reino)

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2005

Publisher

Society for American Archaeology

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Assistant Professor

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