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Show Utah Archeological Survey Notes 10th Anniversary This month marks the tenth anniversary of the . founding of a Statewide Archeological Survey Sur-vey in Utah. Sponsored by the University of Utah, the Survey has grown from a part time operation by two U. students to a carefully organized research program and has a full time field director. In the ten years since September, Septem-ber, 1959, when Survey work began, archeologists have spot checked the entire state for sites of prehistoric activity and have completed extensive investigations investiga-tions in several areas. They have found evidence of occupation beginning with desert des-ert tribes of 8,000 B.C. and continuing con-tinuing through ranchers and campers of the past 100 years. Most of the sites which have been investigated so far are the remnants of the Pueblo culture which existed in the Southwest about 800 to 1000 years ago. The Indians who lived along the Colorado River belonged to this civilization. Traces of a distant variant type of Pueblo culture, called the "Fremont," have been found in much of the state. As the Survey has accumulated accumu-lated more and more information informa-tion about Utah's pre-history, residents of the state have shown interest in learning of its activi- ties. So, five years ago, a Utah State Archeological Society was organized. A newsletter published pub-lished four times each year informed in-formed members from the state of Survey progress and other archeological activities in the area, and they cooperated to contribute informatoin to Survey workers. At first, the organization was subsidized entirely by the University Uni-versity of Utah. But in 1957 a chapter was set up in Moab. Last year interested residents of Logan Lo-gan formed a second chapter. The entire group, now numbering number-ing 12, met to elect officers in May of this year. They chose H. Merrill Peterson of Logan to lead them, with Mrs. Marian Pierson of Moab as secretary and Lloyd Pierson of Moab as Newsletter News-letter editor. The Newsletter cotninues to be published quarterly, with the members paying $1 a year to receive re-ceive it. The archeology enthusiasts have become increasingly active since the organization has been "on its own." -Members in Moab spearheaded a drive to establish a museum there, and it was opened in the fall of 1958. Other projects include in-clude discovery of new archeo- lgoical sites and preservation of x those which have already been found. Efforts of Survey workers and Society members will combine to yield a fascinating history of Utah's inhabitants during the past 10,000 years. |