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Show MOUNTAIN TIMES Continued from page 6 tered groups living in caves and wood and brush dwellings — was either absorbed or gradual- ly displaced by Archaic people et dae =F eas ita’ ie Pe 5 Duncan Metcalfe, Curator of the Natural History Museum (lef), and Kevin Jones, State Archaeologist, look into students’ excavation behind Fielding Garr ranch house. about 8,000 years ago. Archaic people chipped fine spear points and used the atlatl to chuck their spears with great velocity. Archaic people, in turn, were displaced or absorbed by the Fremont during a long transition period beginning about 300 B.C. Evidence shows the Salt Lake Fremont farmed corn, but most of their diet was from hunting and gathering in the plentiful marshes and creeks The Fremont used sophisticated nets, harpoons and hooks for fishing. They made sturdy baskets of pliable bulrush wrapped around flexible rods of willow and they fashioned sandals from the lower hind legs of mountain sheep and deer. They also traded with the southern Anasazi. A wave of immigrants from southern California around 1100 A.D. marked the end of the Salt Lake Fremont era. Little evidence of warfare has been found, so the Fremont may have moved elsewhere or were absorbed by these desert-adapted Shoshone and Ute nations. class has Metcalfe’s already found Fremont potsherd in its Antelope Island fom island Carrington island Antelope island excavations. The class also found trade items — chips of non-native obsidian — prized by stone-age people because it can be knapped to an edge even more keen than flint. This winter, Metcalfe’s class will analyze its finds Each hour of field archaeology requires ten hours of laboratory analysis, he says Working together on the Antelope Island archaeology project are: the Utah Museum of Natural History, the University of Utah, the State Division of Parks and Recreation, and the Division of State History. @ yoming Pe (yh NT Morris Inspired Solid Quarter-Sewn oak in cherry finish JACKETS Introducing 2S Wyoming Wear’s functional weights water and Functional! repellent. in and the of two these and Fasionable check out our accessories. Wyoming Salt Lake 467-2701 2970 Highland Dr. Mon-Fri 10-7, Sat. 10-6 vests. making incredibly warm Come other new lines and properties of fleece pieces Morris style chair & ottoman in glove soft Park City 645-7072 1890 Bonanza Dr. Mon-Sat. 10-6 Lights and Bi-polar fleece combines Our entire Mission leather Northern Line of bi-polar jackets, anoraks collection is sale priced! forest green AND VESTS Woolens 518 Historic Main e Park City, Utah & Jackson Hole Wyoming 801-645-9427 Le POLAR |