Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. All is Well
Trials on the Trail
The Block 49 Pioneer Cemetery

2. A History of Block 49
Site Development History
• History of the Cemetery on Block 49
• Land Use and Urban Development of Block 49
• Historic Business on Block 49
Site Discovery

3. Research Issues and Methods
Pioneer Research Issues
• Personal Identification
• Mortuary Practices
• Morbidity Patterns and Demography
• Osteobiological Profiles
Methods
• Excavation Procedures
• Laboratory Analyses

4. Pioneer Cemetery Excavations
The Physical Environment
Historic Feature Descriptions
• Stratigraphy
Historic Burials

5. Artifact Analysis
Burial associated artifacts
Non-burial associated artifacts
• Historic Glass
• Provenience
• Conclusions
• Historic Ceramics
• Unmodified Faunal Remains

6. Mormon Settlers Along City Creek
Pioneer Cemetery Research Issues
• Personal Identification and Mortuary Practices
• Morbidity Patterns
The Future of Early Pioneer Archaeology in Salt Lake City

References

About the Author

Shane A. Baker is a senior archaeologist with the Environmental Affairs Department of the Idaho Power Company. He has served as adjunct faculty member at Brigham Young University, as assistant director for historic archaeology with the Office of Public Archaeology, and as curator of collections for the Museum of Peoples and Cultures at Brigham Young University.