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Utah History Encyclopedia |
 | | In 1945 a department of archaeology was established at BYU. |
| | The nature of archaeology in Utah and in the United States generally was drastically altered in the 1970s by the passage of federal legislation requiring that archaeological sites on public land be protected from destruction by development projects such as highways, reservoirs, and power line construction. |
| | Archaeology's greatest challenge at the end of the twentieth century has not changed since the 1930s when an alarmed Elmer Smith drew attention to the incessant looting of archaeological sites around the state. |
| www.media.utah.edu /UHE/a/Archeology.html (3844 words) |
