Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “UPAN Blog”
Written by Cory Jensen At the Utah State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) I’m frequently contacted by property owners curious about getting their building listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Before I can recommend that they move forward with a nomination there are three questions I always ask: …
Utah SHPO, URARA, and Logan Simpson Team Up to Record Rock Imagery in Central Utah Written by Tina Hart, archaeologist at Logan Simpson Design Robert Van Orden, a member of the Utah Rock Art Research Association (URARA), traveled more than 900 miles to participate in a project to assist the …
By Langston Guettinger, Historic Preservation Specialist/Architectural Historian at Logan Simpson Design Only in the last twenty years has popular culture come to reevaluate midcentury American architecture with the advent of programs like The Incredibles or Mad Men. Previously, buildings of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s were described as “sterile” or …
This is a collection of readings about Utah’s cultural history curated for the 2021 UPAN pledge drive
The following guides are just some of the amazing artifacts that are common to Utah! Each guide will show you some of the specific information an archaeologist can gain from a specific artifact. We also have a video about visiting sites like an archaeologist. Click a link below to jump …
This interactive map has all sorts of sites that you can visit! You can filter by historic, prehistoric, or even museums! Or you can activate all layers to see just a taste of the places Utah has to offer. Want to learn more about how to protect these places? Check …
A resource page to learn more about Utah archaeology and history through videos.
Christopher W. Merritt, Ph.D. Utah State Historic Preservation Officer It is unclear when the first human laid eyes upon the geological oddity now called “Black Rock” on the southern shores of the Great Salt Lake. But it was likely a Native American from the Paleoindian or Early Archaic period, evidence …
By Elizabeth Hora, Public Archaeologist at the Utah Division of State History Within the space of two weeks, I have heard reports of more than four sites (all rock imagery!) damaged by spray paint, climbing chalk, and now bolting. That’s quite a lot for the first sunny weekend of the …
Welcome to Utah’s Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month! Every year the Utah State Historic Preservation Office rounds up the very best events so that YOU can get to know the prehistory and history of our state! Check out our Event Calendar for the full listing of our events, but here …
For this, our first ever Site Steward Spotlight, we will be spotlighting not one, but two dedicated Site Stewards. Marty and Darrell Thomas are a dynamic stewarding duo with 20 years of professional and avocational archaeological experience under their belts. This includes helping to organize their first site stewardship program …
The Utah Professional Archaeological Council is having it’s winter meeting, and Saturday is a special presentation just for Utah’s students! If you want to learn more about what it takes to be an archaeologist, what kinds of things archaeologists in Utah study, or if you just want to learn something …