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The Crimson Cowboys : the remarkable odyssey of the 1931 Claflin-Emerson Expedition /

"In 1931 a group from Harvard University's Peabody Museum accomplished something that had never been attempted in the history of American archaeology: a six-week, four-hundred-mile horseback survey of Fremont prehistoric sites through some of the West's most rugged terrain. The expedi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Spangler, Jerry D. (Autor), Aton, James M., 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An elephantine endeavor : preparations for the 1931 field season
  • The adventure begins : probing the East Tavaputs Plateau
  • Divide and conquer : the exploration of Willow Creek
  • Castles in the sky : the Hill Creek excavations
  • Into the thick of it : Nine Mile Canyon
  • Unnoticed treasures : the expedition to Range Creek Canyon
  • Wildest desolation : exploring the Green River's west bank
  • Dirty shovels : Devil's Playground and Rasmussen Cave
  • Out with a whimper : the Uinta Basin investigations
  • Scholars and cowboys : afterwards.