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Denver : an archaeological history / Sarah M. Nelson ... [et al.] ; foreword by Stephen J. Leonard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Sarah M., Author.
- Series:
- Timberline books.
- Timberline books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado--Denver Region.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver Region--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Denver (Colo.)--Antiquities.
- Denver (Colo.).
- Denver Region (Colo.)--Antiquities.
- Denver Region (Colo.).
- Denver (Colo.)--History.
- Denver Region (Colo.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A vivid account of the prehistory and history of Denver as revealed in its archaeological record, Denver: An Archaeological History invites us to imagine Denver as it once was. Around 12,000 B.C., groups of leather-clad Paleoindians passed through the juncture of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek, following the herds of mammoth or buffalo they hunted. In the Archaic period, people rested under the shade of trees along the riverbanks, with baskets full of plums as they waited for rabbits to be caught in their nearby snares. In the early Ceramic period, a group of mourners adorned with yellow pigment on their faces and beads of eagle bone followed Cherry Creek to the South Platte to attend a funeral at a neighboring village. And in 1858, the area was populated by the crude cottonwood log shacks with dirt floors and glassless windows, the homes of Denver's first inhabitants. For at least 10,000 years, Greater Denver has been a collection of diverse lifeways and survival strategies, a crossroads of interaction, and a locus of cultural coexistence. Setting the scene with detailed descriptions of the natural environment, summaries of prehistoric sites, and archaeologists' knowledge of Denver's early inhabitants, Nelson and her colleagues bring the region's history to life. From prehistory to the present, this is a compelling narrative of Denver's cultural heritage that will fascinate lay readers, amateur archaeologists, professional archaeologists, and academic historians alike.
- Contents:
- Greater Denver as a Region of Frontiers and Boundaries
- Geology and Environment
- Prehistoric Sites
- Contact, Conflict, and Coexistence
- Historic Archaeology
- Conclusion afterword.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780870819841
- 0870819844
- OCLC:
- 503441763
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