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Archaeological
Sites
Carrot Men
Site
A rock art site in Colorado, from Brian Lee.
Castle
Rock Pueblo
From Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, excavations at a Puebloan village located in the
Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado occupied from the A.D. 1260s until sometime
during the 1280s, when Puebloan migrations left the entire region uninhabited
Colorado Coal
Field War Project
Archaeological investigations of the 1913-1914 coal strike, which resulted in the Ludlow
Massacre.
Dust Devil Gorge Medicine Wheel
Investigations at this site in northwestern Colorado by the Archeological Research
Institute.
Grand Canyon Archaeology
Data from excavations in the 1960s and 1970s, from the School of American Research.
Hourglass Cave
In the Rocky Mountains, skeletal remains dated to 8000 bp, an article from the Mammoth
Trumpet.
The Kiva at Ladle House
Take a guided tour through a computer generated kiva--a round subterranean room
frequently found in southwestern US pueblo sites.
Mesa
Verde
Violence in the Southwest, a controversial article by Steven Leblanc on the abandonment of
this late prehistoric site.
Cannibalism,
warfare, and drought. An article on the conditions of Mesa Verde region in the 12th
century AD, by Brian Billman et al. in American Antiquity.
Critique
of the claim of cannibalism An article by Kurt Dongoske and others refuting Billman et
al.
As the flames die down
from Archaeology magazine, an update on the results of the 2000 wildfires.
Shields
Site
From Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, a Puebloan site with occupations dated between
A.D. 775 and 1300.
Yellow
Jacket Pueblo
From Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, a complete report by Kristin A. Kuckelman on
excavations at this site, occupied from AD 1150-1300.
Research
Institutions
Anasazi Heritage Center
Run by the Bureau of Land Management, protects and conserves archaeological sites
on federal lands; includes the archaeological sites of Escalante, Dominguez, and Lowry
pueblos.
Center for Desert Archaeology
A private nonprofit organization, to promote stewardship of archaeological and historical
resources in the Greater Southwest through active research, preservation, and public
education. Contains Archaeology Southwest.
Colorado
Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Office of the SHPO and state agency to identify, protect, and preserve the cultural
resources of Colorado.
Colorado State University
Ft. Collins
MA.
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Nonprofit organization, promoting the study of archaeology and Native American cultures in
the Southwest United States.
University of Colorado
Boulder
MA, Phd. Maya, Plains Indians, and peoples of the American Southwest; the skeletal biology
of ancient Nubians; the human biology of modern peoples of the Amazon; the paleontology of
early primates; and cultural issues of present day peoples in North America, Mexico,
Japan, Sri Lanka, the Pacific Islands, and Africa.
University of Denver Denver
MA
Current
Researchers
Bruce
A. Bradley
Planning, Growth, and Functional Differentiation at a Prehistoric Pueblo: A Case Study
from SW Colorado, Sand Canyon Pueblo, a large, late 13th-century Anasazi site; an article
abstract from the Journal of Field Archaeology.
Jonathon
C. Driver
Simon Fraser; zooarchaeology, cultural ecology, PaleoIndian adaptations, southwestern
United States.Current research includes the Charlie Lake Cave site, analysis and
publication of fauna from late Anasazi sites in southwestern Colorado.
Cultural History
Colorado Council of
Professional Archaeologists
Professional association for archaeologists in the state.
Colorado Office of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation
Helps individuals, communities, and organizations to identify, protect, and preserve the
State's cultural resources and to
foster widespread appreciation of and respect for Colorado's cultural heritage.
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