Archaeological Investigations at the Isaac Chase Mill BY BRUCE H A W K I N S
Salt Lake's Liberty Park provides a brief example of the use of archaeological techniques to aid in the restoration of a historic structure. Historical archaeology draws together the disciplines of anthropology and preservation, making use of documentary records of the past. It differs from the familiar prehistoric archaeology in matters of time periods and disciplinary emphasis, but it employs the same excavation techniques. The restoration of the Chase Mill was undertaken by the Salt Lake City Parks Department and the Utah State Historical Society in 1978 in order to provide an accurate representation of an operating Utah mill of the 1850s for the education and enjoyment I H E ISAAC CHASE MILL IN
Chase Mill in 1897 before the 1899 restoration. Courtesy Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
