Utah County

March

The monthly meeting of the Utah County Chapter – Utah Statewide Archaeological Society (USAS) will be held Thursday March 19th at 7:00 p.m. at the Provo City Library (550 N University) in room 309. Derinna Kopp, physical anthropologist from the Division of State History will speak on "The Tommy Turf Site (42Ka6030): A Basketmaker II Mass Grave"

This Basket Maker II mass grave was accidentally unearthed at the Tommy Turf Farm in Kanab, UT in 2004. The burial was a single-episode event and contained the remains of ten individuals: six adult males, two adult females, one child, and one late-term to new born infant. The results of the analysis of the mass grave will be presented and placed in context with other documented Basket Maker II burials from the area.

Derinna V. Kopp, Physical Anthropologist/Archaeologist, Antiquities Section, Division of State History PhD candidate, University of Utah, Biological Anthropology
M.A. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Forensic Anthropology
B.S. University of Utah, Anthropology

For more information, please contact Toni Wall at 801-798-2085 or Ren Thomas at 435-623-2014.