This summer the Annual Summer Survey was quite different from the one I attended in the past (2012). Instead of the high plains of Eastern Colorado (Pawnee Buttes) this year the Survey was held north of the confluence of the Colorado and Eagle River.
PAAC volunteers supported members of the Colorado Wickiup Project and the Dominquez Archaeological Research Group (DARG) with their Ute Trails of Eagle County project. Their research goal was to locate evidence of Ute occupation of the survey area. Other archaeology both prehistoric and historical was also recorded.
Curtis Martin was our Principal Investigator. Other member were Sonny Shelton and Lucas Piontkowski.
This Survey was also different in that we used Trimble Geoexplorer data collection devices to collect all data from the artifacts as well as GIS information. This dramatically increased our survey efficiency. What was lost was spending time at a site getting to know the layout of the site, recording our finds with compass and polar graph paper.
Presentation of 2015 Summer Survey
Below is slideshow of some of the highlights of the Survey.