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Archeological Investigations At Two Sites In Dinosaur National Monument: 42un1724 And 5mf2645, United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service
Archeological Investigations At Two Sites In Dinosaur National Monument: 42un1724 And 5mf2645, United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service
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Archeological excavations in Dinosaur National Monument (DINO) were conducted at 5MF2645 (the Pool Creek Site) in 1988 and 42UN1724 (Juniper Ledge Shelter) in 1989. The information from these two sites, along with additional archeological data obtained between 1988 and 1992, have expanded our knowledge of the past 3700 years of human occupation in the DINO area. Juniper Ledge Shelter (42UN1724) is a south-southeast facing rockshelter in the Jones Hole Ely Creek area of the monument. Excavation of a two meter square unit produced evidence of three occupational components and a Fremont burial of an adult female with associated artifacts. The …