Exploring the Freemont

by David B. Madsen

Madsen, David B.

Genres: History

Paperback

First published January 30, 2002

Reviews

[Peter Tillman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Attractive small archaeological history and guide to the Fremont people of what is now Utah. They lived around a thousand years ago, and are best known for their magnificent rock art, a topic covered only glancingly in this book. Instead we get Stone-age material culture, and for the most part it's pretty dull stuff: ungraceful pottery, bone scrapers, poorly-preserved remnants of basketry and leather goods. Meh.

The one shining exception is a little painted clay statuette of a priestess (?), compared to the great pictographs in Dry Fork Valley. All these illustrations are in b/w. The book is attractively designed and printed.

So this is more a book for local archaeological completists, than for tourists seeking spectacular Native art.