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Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 18 January 2010  Page Views: 4689

Multi-periodSite Name: Manti-La Sal National Forest
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 82.333 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Monticello, Utah
Latitude: 37.871000N  Longitude: 109.342W
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Manti-La Sal National Forest
Manti-La Sal National Forest submitted by Flickr : Prehistoric petroglyph, Manti-La Sal National Forest, Emery County, Utah 4 Image copyright: Alan Cressler (Alan Cressler), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in San Juan (and other) Counties, Utah.
Throughout this area is the evidence of past cultures. You can find pictographs, petroglyphs, and stone ruins.

Some of these are very well known and accessible on footpaths. Any of the ranger stations, including the one in Montecello, can provide more information.
The Monticello division includes ruins with the remains of a granary (est. 700 years old) near the Nizhoni campground, and "The Forest and Man" trail off the Devils Canyon campground includes a Moki ruin. This vast National Forest in southeastern Utah is mainly on land at a higher altitudes than the famous Canyonlands and Natural Bridges National parks near by. So temperatures are much lower and the vegetation is more lush. The National Forest website includes links to maps, brochures, and the addresses of the various district ranger stations. The location given is for Monticello, Utah, location of one of the ranger stations.

Note: Pot found in Manti-LaSal may be 1000 years old.
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Manti-La Sal National Forest
Manti-La Sal National Forest submitted by Flickr : Pictograph, Sherman Shelter, Manti-La Sal National Forest, Emery County, Utah 2 Image copyright: Alan Cressler (Alan Cressler), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Manti-La Sal National Forest
Manti-La Sal National Forest submitted by Flickr : Image copyright: amaliaforce, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Manti-La Sal National Forest
Manti-La Sal National Forest submitted by Flickr : Looking east toward the LaSal Mountains. We are hopeful that the clouds will lead to a colorful sunset. The La Sal Mountains are located in Grand and San Juan counties, near the eastern border of the state of Utah, and rising above the town of Moab. This range is part of the Manti-La Sal National Forest and the southern Rocky Mountains. The maximum elevation is at Mount Peale, reaching 12,7... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Manti-La Sal National Forest
Manti-La Sal National Forest submitted by Flickr : Archeology site in the Dark Canyon Wilderness on the Moab/Monticello Ranger District, Manti- La Sal National Forest. Photo taken May 22, 2017. Forest Service photo by Charity Parks. Image copyright: Intermountain Region US Forest Service (Intermountain Forest Service, USDA Region 4 Photography), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Manti-La Sal National Forest
Manti-La Sal National Forest submitted by Flickr : Image copyright: Horatio3K, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Pot found sitting under rock overhang may be 1000 years old by bat400 on Monday, 18 January 2010
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Submitted by coldrum---

A pot discovered under a rock in one of the canyons in the Manti-LaSal National Forest in early December may be between 800-1000 years old.
"We will be doing a lot of study on this, but it appears to be Anasazi or Fremont in origin," said Charmaine Thompson, the archaeologist for the Manti-La Sal National Forest.

It was found when Casey Mickelsen, DWR conservation officer, was patrolling the area and saw it sitting under an outcropping. "Someone did us quite a favor a long time ago," said Renee Barlow, the archaeologist for the College of Eastern Utah Museum, which collaborated with the National Forest Service on collecting the artifact. "They sat it under the rock resting gently on this bed of cedar bark. It is in fantastic shape."
A team of Forest Service personnel, CEU officials, Mickelsen - who found the artifact - removed it from its near-millenia resting place on Friday afternoon.

"One of the best things that could happen was that Casey found it and did all the right things to take care of it," said Thompson. "He realized its importance, put rocks around the opening to keep anyone else from finding it and contacted us immediately."

The Fremont and Anasazi often traded items and there is speculation that it could be from either group and may have originated as far away as Arizona. But both archaeologists agreed that the Fremonts also often copied Anasazi pottery and it could be one of the copies as well.

"It would be wonderful if it was locally made," stated Barlow. "But either way is exciting." The pot and accompanying base material will be under study for some time, but both agencies are determined to put it on display for the public as soon as possible.

"We like to keep artifacts in official repositories as close to the sources where they were found as possible," said Thompson. "It will be displayed here at the CEU museum and we will also be working to display it at the Museum of the San Rafael in Emery County as well, so people there can see it as well."

For more, including a link to a video, see the
Emery County Progress.
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