The photos included here include a shot looking UP at a Fremont Culture Granary. The Granary is about 40 feet above a ledge, in Range Creek, Utah. The beams sticking out at the base of the Granary might (conjecture), have allowed a scaffolding or ladder to be built or attached, as one climbed to the structure itself. Obviously, the granary had to be built. Remember: Fremont ladders and ladders used by many early (i.e., Anasazi Era) Native Americans were single beam, with notches and beams to use to climb. The single beam ladder would have been a truly invigorating experience since the ledge it would have been braced on was about 100 feet or more above a cañon bottom. The ledge one would invariably fall onto, and roll OFF of, was therefore a sheer cliff with a lethal fall to the bottom. The site itself is on a mountain top, and has impressive views of the cañon to the north. Range Creek is a Utah State Park. Permission to visit Range Creek is over the Internet, and each visitor must have a ticket. Normally, a State of Utah Ranger is somewhere nearby.
Range Creek is roughly 25 miles north of Green River, Utah.
The second photo is of Alum Mountain, on the Main Gila River, south of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, 44 miles north of Silver City, NM.
Labels: Granery; Range Creek, New Mexico; Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Utah; Fremont Culture; Silver City
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