Prehistoric Cultures
Native Americans entered North America by traveling across this bridge
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
The Ute entered Colorado's river valleys to spend the winters doing these activities.
What is hunting for deer and bison and fishing?
The Anasazi were dependents of these people.
What are the Basket Makers?
Mesa translates to this in English.
What is a table?
Garden of the Gods, dating back to the Ute people, is located by these dwellings in Colorado.
What are the Manitou Cliff Dwellings?
The Bering Land Bridge was crossed during this time period.
What is the Ice Age?
The Ute lived in these two different types of dwellings.
What are wickiups and caves?
The Anasazi lived in these southwestern states.
What are Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico?
Pueblo translates to this in English.
What is a town?
The discovery of artifacts from the Folsom culture were found at this site in 1935.
What is the Lindenmeier Site?
The people of the Folsom culture built camps near these.
What are quarries?
The Ute called horses this when Spanish settlers brought them to Colorado.
What are "mystery dogs"?
The Anasazi built Pueblos out of these materials.
What are stone and adobe bricks?
Mesa Verde translates to this in English.
What is green table?
This beautiful mountain town was once the summer home of the Arapaho tribe.
What is Estes Park?
These two groups were two of the first prehistoric people to live in Colorado.
What are Basket Makers and Folsom People?
The Ute used horses for these three main things.
What is hunting large animals, carrying heavy loads, and traveling farther?
The Anasazi left their homes forever. This was thought to be because of these things.
What are diseases, enemies, and drought?
Anasazi translates to this in English.
What is the ancient ones?
This museum is located on more than eight acres of Ute leader Chief Ouray's homeland.
What is the Ute Indian Museum?
This scientific method was used to determine the age of an item.
What is carbon dating?
Native American tribes began to do this when bison began to disappear from Colorado.
What is stealing horses?
After moving around, the Pueblo people continued doing these activities.
What are farming and making pottery?
Adobe means this in English.
What is a brick?
What is the Sand Creek Massacre site?