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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Parunuweap Canyon Prehistoric Structure
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Structure Number:
| 42WS0122
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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| No records. |
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Park:
| Zion National Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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1.
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Parunuweap Canyon Archaeological District
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Structure State:
| Utah
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Structure County:
| Washington
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Region:
| Intermountain
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Cluster:
| Colorado Plateau
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Administrative Unit:
| Zion National Park
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LCS ID:
| 054436
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 11/07/1996
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Contributing
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Short Significance Description:
| This is a contributing feature to the Nationally significant Parunuweap Canyon Archaeological District. It is eligible under NR Criterion C for Prehistoric Archaeology & Ethnic Heritage and Criterion D for potential to yield information. The periods of significance are 500-1150 AD & 1200-1850 AD.
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Long Significance Description:
| This is a contributing feature to the Nationally significant Parunuweap Canyon Archaeological District. It is eligible under NR Criterion C for Prehistoric Archaeology & Ethnic Heritage and Criterion D for potential to yield information. The periods of significance are 500-1150 AD & 1200-1850 AD.
The Park's archaeological sites provide researchers an opportunity to study the lifeways of the Virgin Anasazi, yielding information on their lives in the canyons as well as on their interactions with the neighboring Kayenta Anasazi and Fremont peoples.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Prehistoric
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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500
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AD
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1150
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AD
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Virgin Anasazi Basket II/Pueblo II
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Other
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2.
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Stabilized
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1994
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AD
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1994
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AD
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Alpine Arch. Consultants
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Other
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Multiple Dwelling
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Primary Current Use:
| Ruin
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Structure Contains Museum Collections?:
| No
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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1.
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Storage (Granary/Silo)
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Historic
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Ruin
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Walls
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Earth
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2.
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Walls
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Sandstone/Brownstone
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3.
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Framing
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Wood
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Short Physical Description:
| Ruin of 2 dwelling rooms 8+ masonry storage rooms (several intact, some 2-story), 9 cists, and a dry-laid enclosure wall in alcove. Most walls are wet-laid masonry with remnants of mud plaster and some jacal construction. Fire pits, smoke blackening, and rock art are also present.
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Long Physical Description:
| Ruin of 2 dwelling rooms 8+ masonry storage rooms (several intact, some 2-story), 9 cists, and a dry-laid enclosure wall in alcove. Most walls are wet-laid masonry with remnants of mud plaster and some jacal construction. Fire pits, smoke blackening, and rock art are also present.
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