“Fremont” is a label archaeologists use for the northern contemporaries of Ancestral Pueblo people. Fremont peoples lived mostly in what is now the state of Utah, in the eastern Great Basin and on the northern Colorado Plateau. Their range extended slightly beyond the modern borders of Utah. Fremont peoples across this region shared styles of pottery, architecture, rock art, figurines, and moccasins. Despite broad similarities across the region, Fremont peoples were not a homogeneous cultural group. In this issue of Archaeology Southwest Magazine, authors briefly review what is known about the Fremont and share recent research on Fremont lifeways.
“Fremont” is a label archaeologists use for the northern contemporaries of Ancestral Pueblo people. Fremont peoples lived mostly in what is now the state of Utah, in the eastern Great Basin and on the northern Colorado Plateau. Their range extended slightly beyond the modern borders of Utah. Fremont peoples across this region shared styles of pottery, architecture, rock art, figurines, and moccasins. Despite broad similarities across the region, Fremont peoples were not a homogeneous cultural group. In this issue of Archaeology Southwest Magazine, authors briefly review what is known about the Fremont and share recent research on Fremont lifeways.
For catalog numbers of the bone gaming pieces in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Utah pictured on page 4, click here (opens as a PDF).
For institutions, site numbers, and catalog numbers of the figurines pictured on the cover of this issue and on pages 10–11, click here (opens as a PDF).
Dr. Riley adds: “Carbon stable isotopes vary in plants due to different photosynthetic pathways. These forms occur in different frequencies in plants based on photosynthesis. Maize, a tropical grass, has a very different chemical pathway than most temperate plants.”
