Scope of Project
The Archaeological Survey of the High Western Plains is a collaboration between the University of Denver Penrose Library Archives Department and the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. As part of the Etienne B. Renaud Collection, the Archives holds the field notebooks that Renaud maintained during the archaeological field expeditions that he conducted from 1929 to 1941. The Museum of Anthropology holds within its collection many of the artifacts that were collected during these expeditions. The Renaud Digitization Project was designed to make the notebooks and a selection of the artifacts available to the wider public via the Internet.

Each page of the notebooks, as well as the reports that were published as a result of the expeditions, was scanned and is available through this web site. A selection of the artifacts collected during the expeditions were photographed, and the slides scanned. The images are linked to the related notebooks and reports.

The Renaud digitization project was funded in part by the Colorado Digitization Project.

Methods of Access

• DU Online Catalog (Peak): Each of the field notebooks and the reports are cataloged and are searchable using the DU Library's online catalog.
• Renaud Collection Finding Aid: The Finding Aid to the entire Renaud Collection contains links to each of the notebooks and reports.
• Geographic Index: This index groups the notebooks, reports, and Museum artifacts by state.
• Heritage (Colorado Digitization Project): The notebooks, reports and artifacts are cataloged and searchable through Heritage, the Colorado Digitization Project's union catalog.

Related Sites

• Colorado Digitization Project
• Public Archaeology in the United States, from the National Park Service's ParkNet
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
• American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation
• Colorado Historical Society Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
  

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