Suddenly the people vanished from Range Creek for 600 - 700 years ago and since
then the valley has been deserted. Now researchers take their way into the area
for revealing the forgotten people`s secrets.
The Fremont Indians is considered as one of North American
archaeology's biggest mysteries. Especially some Fremont petroglyphs is still a mystery,
for example a carving on the rock wall of a person standing on his head.
The group lived in rugged terrain between the Rockies and the Sierra
Nevada. Some lived in semisubterranean "pit houses" and others in rock shelters.
They were both farmers and hunters. Despite their adaptability, their culture
vanished and no one now where the people took their way.
The Fremont culture was first defined in 1931 by Noel Morss, a young Harvard
anthropology student working along the Fremont River in south-central Utah.
Because the Fremont are not easily categorized and do not readily fit into
archaeological classification schemes, they have been a source of confusion and
debate among archaeologists since they were first identified in the late 1920s
(Source: David B. Madsen, Exploring The Fremont; 1989).
Read more on about the lost Indian tribe on:
USNews: USNews - Lost tribe - Fremont
Indians.
About.com: Archaeology-
About.com.
Would scientists be able to answer the big questions: what
happened to the Fremont Indians? Who were they and where did they go? Why did
they vanish?
Stein Morten Lund, 15 November 2005
Additional information
Books about the
Fremont Indians:
Jerry Spangler, author of a recent book on the Fremont
called Horned Snakes and Axle Grease.
Madsen, David B.: 'Exploring the
Fremont', Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City 1989, ISBN:
0-940378-35-3
For Norwegian readers:
Les artikkelen "Indianernes glemte dal" i
Illustrert Vitenskap nr.17 - 2005 side 70-75.
Les også Illustrert Vitenskap
sin artikkel på websiden: Illustrert Vitenskap -
Indianernes glemte dal.
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