Household Activity Areas of Ancient Fremont Villages at Range Creek and Goshen, Utah.

Soil phosphorus concentrations have been used to identify ancient human activity areas associated with food processing, consumption, and waste disposal.  Gridded soil samples were collected and soil phosphate was extracted to identify these activity areas at ancient Fremont Villages in Range Creek and Goshen, UT.  Phosphate prospection is a useful tool in the identification of settlement and activity areas at ancient sites in the western US.  The soil chemical residues also help to determine these ancient activities where there is a lack of artifacts.  The results of the study at Goshen and Range Creek will be presented.