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Earlier this spring, Dinosaur National Monument contacted Utah Cultural Site Stewards that monitor cultural resources within the monument to let them know that the Utah Cultural Site Stewardship Program was...

The Utah Cultural Site Stewardship (UCSS) Program is so excited to welcome Kate Schmidt as the new UCSS Program Outreach Administrator. Kate grew up just outside the Salt Lake Valley...

Because the story of people in Utah is over 13,000 years old we will always find archaeology under our feet! From the spearheads from the first peoples on the continent...

Suzanne Eskenazi, SWCA Environmental Consultants What do we have here? In the summer of 2020, archaeologists were surveying in Utah County for a proposed transmission line when they encountered a...

By Laurie Bryant My double-brick Craftsman style house was built about 1924, on Salt Lake City’s east bench. The first owners, Edward and Gertrude Berg, paid $6000 for it. In...

Chris Merritt, SHPO When you line out your summer landscaping projects for the backyard, encountering a glimpse into the industrial past isn’t likely one of the items on the checklist....

Deb Miller, Records Manager, SHPO If you have visited Park City to ski, participate in the epic-ness of the Sundance Film Festival, or even just escaped the heat of the...

Charles Shepherd, Historical Architect/Campus Planner, University of Utah The need for housing is as common a story at the University of Utah as is the fighting for parking spots. On...

Chris Merritt, Utah State Historic Preservation Officer Delving into Utah’s urban landscape, it is not uncommon whatsoever for new transportation projects, including TRAX lines and road improvements, to encounter the...

Earlier this month, the State Historic Preservation Office and Preservation Utah hosted the Preservation Engaged conference in Provo. As always, it was an amazing event and such a cool opportunity...

by Jon Baxter, Bighorn Archaeological Consultants Under our feet there are more than wooden stave pipes and mysterious bridges, sometimes we discover the echoes of lives long before today.  (Editor’s...

Written by Jessica Del Bozque, Project Archaeologist at Montgomery Archaeological Consultants and graduate student at Adams State University Hey there adventurers! My name is Jessica Del Bozque,  – I’ve been...