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Book Description
Today, thousands of people visit Lake Powell to boat, water ski, camp, and photograph beautiful coves and canyons. But underneath the Lake lies valuable cultural and geologic records that would have been lost to us without the efforts of a massive salvage operation. In 1956, Congress passed legislation that provided authorization and funds for emergency research to be conducted in Glen Canyon in response to the threat of losses posed by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in Northern Arizona. For eight years, scientists worked against the clock to record the archaeology, history, geology, and paleontology of the region before the waters of Lake Powell covered the area. In this interpretive summary, Jesse Jennings preserves the achievements of the salvage team and explains how the finds affected previous conclusions. Maps and photographs capture archaeological artifacts as well as the landscape of the area. This book also highlights the larger consequences of the massive salvage project--among them the stimulation of additional Southwest research; the applications of techniques made in response to emergency situations; and a valuable perspective on the Pueblo culture. Because this area is becoming increasingly controversial, with a raging debate over whether Lake Powell should be drained, GLEN CANYON: A SUMMARY stands as more than a model of salvage archaeology. It is also a record and testament of the rich history of Glen Canyon.
About the Author
The late Jesse D. Jennings was professor of anthropology at the University of Utah. He was the author of ACCIDENTAL ARCHAEOLOGIST: MEMOIRS OF JESSE D. JENNINGS, PREHISTORY OF UTAH AND THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN, and, with Dorothy Sammons-Lohse, BULL CREEK.
Glen Canyon,Jane Jennings,University of Utah Press,0874805848,Antiquities,Earth Sciences - Geology,Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies,General,Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.),Indians of North America,Native American Archaeology,Nature,Nature / Field Guide Books,Salvage archaeology,Social Science,Sociology,United States - West - Mountain (General),Utah,Social Science / Archaeology
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