PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE GOOSEBERRY CAMPGROUND STONE KNIFE, FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST, RICHFIELD, UTAH

A stone knife measuring about 6 inches long was found by a third grade boy in the
backdirt of a trench for a new water system within the Gooseberry Campground, Fishlake
National Forest, Utah. The artifact was discovered during an Environmental Workshop
involving hundreds of third-graders. No other cultural resources have been discovered in the
campground, although the general area has yielded a small inventory of Archaic and Numic
sites. A large concentration of Fremont habitation sites and artifact scatters are located three
to four miles to the north. The artifact was given to Fishlake National Forest officials
approximately two months after it was discovered, during which time the artifact had been
cleaned and probably handled by several people. The artifact and two soil control samples
were submitted for protein residue analysis to provide information concerning possible animal
resources that were processed using the knife.