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are significantly fewer radiocarbon dates from the study area. The broad spectrum hunting and gathering of the Numic maintained itself as a successful adaptation. Based on diagnostic artifacts and radiocarbon dates, Reed and Metcalf (1999) propose dividing the Protohistoric era into two phases; the Canella and the Antero. Wickiups and other brush structures were often utilized during this period. In the archaeological record for the Canella phase, post - AD 1300, Desert side-notched and Cottonwood Triangular projectile points predominate. On the Northern Colorado Plateau, these are often found in association with ceramics called Uncompahgre Brown Ware. Though once thought to date back into the Formative Period, post ca. AD 1350 marks the appearance of Fingernail-impressed, Plain and Micaceous varieties of this ceramic type. Reed et al. (2001:41-9) provide luminescence dates that generally support that as the earliest time for there ceramics, though AD 1300 cannot be ruled out. Sites with Uncompahgre Brown Ware in Mesa, Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties have been luminescence dated: 5ME4970, AD 1508 - 1644; 5ME16097, AD 1400 - 1520; 5GF620, AD 1450 - 1528; 5RB144, AD 1510 - 1590. Also in the Northwest Piceance Basin, site 5RB2929 was radiocarbon dated AD 1350±85 (580±80 BP, Beta-37819). Further south in Western Colorado, at the Pioneer Point site located in the Curecanti National Recreation Area, over seven hundred sherds of Uncompahgre Brownware ceramics (micaceous and non-micaceous tempered) were also recovered. These were associated with features dating ca. AD 1476 (474±70 BP) and AD 1466 (484±80 BP) (Dial 1989:19). Toward the end of the Canella Phase, European trade goods may appear in limited quantities. The Antero phase dates from about AD 1650 to 1881 and represents the shift to a fully equestrian lifestyle and the addition of Euro-American trade goods such as metal knives and axes, metal projectile points, glass beads, cone tinklers, guns and cartridges, tin cans, and horse tack. Desert Side-notched and Cottonwood Triangular projectile points continued to be used, but were increasingly replaced by metal projectile points and firearms and were likely subsumed by ca. AD 1840. Wickiups (best characterized as small teepees with a 4-pole structural base) and brush structures were continued being used during this period. A variety of floral and faunal items were used by the Numic speakers (the Numa). Textiles (basketry and other woven items) were made from squaw-bush, willow, and juniper bark (Smith 1974:91). Seeds and pinyon nuts were processed for food using grinding and milling stones. Other floral resources collected seasonally were serviceberry, chokecherry, currant, raspberry, elderberry, wild rose, sego lily, wild onion, and wild carrot. The hunting and trapping of rodents, deer, mountain sheep, elk, and bison are illustrated in the rock art (Conner and Ott 1978). Important to the understanding of the Late Prehistoric/Historic Ute times is that the defining climate episode was the Little Ice Age, which occurred about AD 1300 and 1870. During this period, Europe and North America were subjected to bitterly cold and prolonged 32