ARCHAEOLOGICAL SALVAGE INVESTIGATIONS AT A FREMONT SITE IN THE JORDAN RIVER DELTA

Salvage excavations at site 42SL197in west Salt Lake City retrieved stone tools, butchered bison bone, ceramics, and human skeletal remains. Although the deposits had been disturbed by recent construction activities, recovered artifacts and ecofacts, and human bone analyses provide some useful information on human subsistence and settlement. Radiocarbon analyses of human bone collagen indicate that the site witnessed at least two occupations during the Fremont Period, and stable carbon isotope studies suggest that domesticates comprised a portion of the diet. Site content and context suggest that 42SL197 represents a farming base or habitation site tied to a larger horticultural complex.