THE UTE LODGE or WICKIUP
In the mountain forests of western Colorado, archaeologists and tribal members have recorded scores of sites that contain the remains of hundreds of wickiups, cone-shaped wooden structures built by the Ute, or Nuche, people more than a century ago.
Archaeologists have found and documented at least 366 wooden features at 58 sites so far, along with other structures including tree platforms, ramada-like shade shelters, and brush fences, according to national forest officials.
“Wickiups and other aboriginal wooden features, such as tree platforms and brush fences, were once commonplace in Colorado,” said Brian Ferebee, deputy regional forester for the U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Region, in a press statement.
“Few examples are still in existence; the majority of the remaining features can be associated with Ute culture and consequently represent the only surviving architecture of the state’s living indigenous peoples.”
(Blake De Pastino from Western Digs)
Whole Plate paper negative (Greenlaw) of a reconstructed Ute Lodge or Wickiup - Rocky Mountains, Colorado.
The paper negative inverted in Photoshop. It was made with a vintage Derogy lens - wide open f/4 for 3:30.