Laserfiche WebLink
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS <br />Archaeology played <br />an important role in <br />the construction of the <br />Windy Gap Project. <br />While excavating the <br />pipeline route in <br />September 1981 at a <br />site north of Granby, <br />several Native American <br />ruins were uncovered <br />dating back 4,000 to <br />8,000 years. <br />Construction was halted <br />immediately so a team <br />of archaeologists from <br />Western Cultural <br />Resources Management <br />of Boulder could exca- <br />vate and study the <br />sites, which were later <br />deemed eligible for <br />placement on the <br />National Register of <br />Historic Places. As fed- <br />eral funding was <br />unavailable for research <br />of these sites located <br />on private property, the <br />Subdistrict provided <br />$370,000 for excava- <br />tion and study of the <br />finds. An additional <br />$85,000 was obtained <br />by the federal govern- <br />ment from private foun- <br />August 1982. Field <br />specimens and notes <br />from the archaeological <br />investigation were sub- <br />mitted for laboratory <br />analysis. An exhibit <br />about the archaeologi- <br />cal excavations is on <br />display at the Grand <br />County Museum in Hot <br />Sulphur Springs. It <br />includes a scale model <br />and representations of <br />the artifacts uncovered. <br />The museum also fea- <br />tures a related exhibit <br />about Native Americans. <br />?truction of the <br />line resumed in <br />WINDY GAP PROJECT 13 <br />Subdistrict-funded construction of a shelter allowed <br />archaeologists to work through the winter of 1981