Scott Ure is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Brigham Young University. His expertise lies in digital archaeology with his primary research focus centered on exploring the Fremont archaeological culture, situated within the Eastern Great Basin and Colorado Plateau regions of the United States. Scott has over two decades of experience in the field of archaeology, which includes a diverse array of projects, spanning across the American Great Basin, Midwest, and Southwest, northern and western Mexico, and the Middle East.
Scott’s specialization encompasses archaeological excavation and surveying techniques, with a particular emphasis on the study of ceramics and architectural structures made by the Fremont Native American peoples. Furthermore, he researches and implements advanced technology for archaeological investigations. His proficiency includes unmanned aerial systems, aerial remote sensing, terrestrial photogrammetry, LiDAR, structured-light scanning, 3D modeling, mapping, and geographical information systems (GIS) spatial analysis.
Active Research Projects:
- Utah Valley Fremont
- Surveyor data collection app
- SolarArk: a robotic, sun-tracing solar-panel array for archaeological excavations
- Archaeological Digital Initiative
Select Publications:
Ure, Scott M. 2023. Powerful Pictures: Uncovering Data in Aerial Photogrammetric Imagery. In Human History and Digital Future: Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, edited by Matthias Lang, Volker Hochschild, and Till Sonnemann. Tübingen University Press, Tübingen, Germany.
Ure, Scott M. 2022. A Place to Gather: Interpreting Fremont Central Structure Use. In Casting A Wide Net: Papers in Honor of Joel C. Janetski, edited by Richard K. Talbot, James R. Allison, and Charmaine Thompson, pp. 15–44. Occasional Paper 20. Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Searcy, Michael T., Hannah Steffensen, and Scott M. Ure. 2022. Fremont Smoke Mixtures: Botanical Analyses of Pipes from Wolf Village, Goshen, Utah. KIVA: Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History. DOI:10.1080/00231940.2022.2090778.
Searcy, Michael T., Marion Forest, Todd Pitezel, Jaron Davidson, Scott Ure, Kari M. Cates, Paul Minnis, and Cinthia M. Campos. 2021. Descubriendo las Raíces del Periodo Viejo en Chihuahua, Mexico: Temporada 2019 Excavación del Sito de San Diego. Final Technical Report for the Consejo de Arqueología, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México City.
Katie K. Richards, James R. Allison, Lindsay D. Johansson, Richard K. Talbot, and Scott M. Ure. 2018. Houses, Public Architecture, and the Organization of Fremont Communities. In Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest: New Perspectives and Case Studies, edited by Robert J. Stokes. University Press of Colorado, Louisville, Colorado.
Ure, Scott M. and Michael T. Searcy. 2015. Mapping the Ancient City of Paquimé: Harnessing the Power of Pix4Dmapper and Unmanned Aerial Systems. Electronic document, https://www.pix4d.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BYU-pix4d-Paquime-White-Paper-archaeology-drone-mapping.pdf, last modified February 23, 2016.
