Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah

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Fremont is a culture (ca. 300–1300 A.D.) first defined by archaeologist Noel Morss in 1928 in line with characteristics unique to the area. To start with regarded as a simple socio-political system, latest reassessments of the Fremont assume a more complex society. This volume places Fremont rock art studies in this latest context. Writer Steven Simms offers an innovative model of Fremont society, politics, and worldview the use of the principles of analogy and current archaeological evidence. Simms takes readers on a go back and forth back in time by describing what a typical Fremont hamlet or residential area might have appeared like a thousand years ago, including the inhabitants’ day-to-day activities. François Gohier’s captivating photographs of Fremont art and artifacts offer an engaging complement to Simms’s text, aiding us in our understanding of the lives of these ancient people.

Winner of the Utah Book Award in Nonfiction.
Winner of the Society for American Archaeology Book Award for Public Audience. 

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