Prototype for Zion: The Original Provo Tabernacle and the Construction of Mormon Zion in the Amer... more Prototype for Zion: The Original Provo Tabernacle and the Construction of Mormon Zion in the American West Ryan W. Saltzgiver Department of Anthropology, BYU Master of Arts During the winter of 2011–2012, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Office of Public Archaeology (OPA) at Brigham Young University (BYU) conducted archaeological explorations in urban Provo, Utah. The purpose of the research was to uncover and document the extant remains of the Original or Old Provo Tabernacle (OPT; 42UT1844). The data recovered from that excavation was the impetus for the current study. Through a combination of documentary and archaeological evidence, and using Mormon theology as a lens through which to interpret the actions of nineteenth century Latter-day Saints, this thesis demonstrates the important role played by the OPT in the project of Mormon Zion in the American West. The OPT was the first proposed and eighth completed tabernacle in the LDS Church. In the OP...
Prototype for Zion: The Original Provo Tabernacle and the Construction of Mormon Zion in the Amer... more Prototype for Zion: The Original Provo Tabernacle and the Construction of Mormon Zion in the American West Ryan W. Saltzgiver Department of Anthropology, BYU Master of Arts During the winter of 2011–2012, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Office of Public Archaeology (OPA) at Brigham Young University (BYU) conducted archaeological explorations in urban Provo, Utah. The purpose of the research was to uncover and document the extant remains of the Original or Old Provo Tabernacle (OPT; 42UT1844). The data recovered from that excavation was the impetus for the current study. Through a combination of documentary and archaeological evidence, and using Mormon theology as a lens through which to interpret the actions of nineteenth century Latter-day Saints, this thesis demonstrates the important role played by the OPT in the project of Mormon Zion in the American West. The OPT was the first proposed and eighth completed tabernacle in the LDS Church. In the OP...
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