Archaeological Investigations at the Cochrane Ranche (EhPo-37)
Sean Pickering
Senior Project Archaeologist
Bison Historical Services Ltd.
Presented to the Cochrane Historical and Archival Preservations Society, May 13, 2023
Archaeological investigations at the Cochrane Ranche Site (EhPo-37) began in the 1970s with surveys of standing buildings and excavations at the Manager’s House and Bunkhouse associated with the early ranching period. Subsequent work in the 1990s and 2000s revealed the Precontact Period occupations at the site dating back to approximately 8,000 years ago. Recent archaeological investigations by personnel of Bison Historical Services Ltd. at the site in 2019 and 2020 have furthered our understanding of the Precontact Period occupations, but also have provided new information about the site in the early to mid-Twentieth Century. This presentation discusses the history or archaeological investigations at the Cochrane Ranche Site over the past 50 years and presents the latest findings from the 2019 and 2020 excavations.
