Fort Saint Vrain Historical Archaeological Materials

Object Name

artifacts

Title

Fort Saint Vrain Historical Archaeological Materials

County

Weld County

Dates

Fort Occupation, 1837-1865, Date range is approximate; it is based off the known construction date and approximate length of occupation. See Site Summary for more information.

Subject

Archaeology

,

Fort

,

Trading Post

,

Historical archaeology

,

Historic

Description

The collection consists of approximately 390 objects including artifacts, maps, and site documentation housed in 358 bags within 11 boxes. Object types include: wood, charcoal, metal, glass, ceramic, bone, shell, stone, soil samples, slag, cement, brick, chalk, leather, other organic material, and maps. See item by item inventory for the boxes in Attached Files.

Provenience

Fort St. Vrain, Ft. St. Vrain, Fort Lookout, 5WL.814

OAHP Site #

5WL.814, 5WL814

Object ID

MC.ARCH.1391

Preferred Citation

(fill in collection name), #XXXXX, History Colorado, Denver, Colo.

Attached Files

File Name

Fort Saint Vrain_ Site Summary.pdf

Source

S:\Collections Library\Material Culture\Collections\Archaeology Collections

Captured By

HMC, Heather M. Christenbury

Capture Date

7/11/2018

Notes

Brief summary of the history of the site. Digitization made possible by a State Internet Portal Authority (SIPA) grant.

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