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<br />historic archaeology context for all of Colorado was written by
<br />William and Nancy Buckles (1989). Joseph King (1989) wrote the
<br />engineering context for the state of Colorado. In addition,
<br />cultural resource reports specifically for Dowe Flats by Marcus
<br />Grant, Jennifer Germer and Michael Burney (prehistoric) and
<br />Steven Mehls (historic) provide the background for the following
<br />narratives.
<br />Sources useful in reviewing the cultural history of northeastern
<br />Colorado are Anderson (1985), Buckles (1968), Burney (1987, 1989,
<br />1999), Butler (1981, 1986, 1988), Caldwell and Henning (1978),
<br />Cassells (1983), Chase (1980), Conner (1968), Eddy and Windmiller
<br />(1977), Eighmy (1984), Frison (1978), Gunnerson (1987), Guthrie,
<br />Gadd, Johnson and Lischka (1984), Haug (1968), Morris and Kainer
<br />(1978), Morris and Mayo (1979), Mulloy (1952, 1958a), Nelson
<br />(1967), Rippeteau (1979), Stephenson (1965), Wedel (1961),
<br />Wendland (1978), Wood (1967) and Wood (1971).
<br />When reviewing the archaeological record it is important to keep
<br />in mind the transitional nature of the foothills region,
<br />including Dowe Flats. Three zones, the plains, foothills, and
<br />front range alpine, are intrinsically intermingled when defining
<br />archaeological complexes. The foothills subarea defined by
<br />Eighmy (1989) will be used, as will information provided by
<br />Guthrie, Gadd, Johnson, and Lischka (1984), regarding what they
<br />refer to as the plains/foothills transition zone.
<br />The archaeology of the Colorado Piedmont and foothills region has
<br />been researched for over 50 years. Archaeological remains date
<br />to pre-Clovis occupations (+10,000 B.C.) with few chronological
<br />gaps. The Paleo-Indian stage, for the most part, is represented
<br />by kill sites. One major exception to this pattern is
<br />Lindenmeier, a Folsom period site in Larimer County. This site
<br />represents a lengthy campsite occupation by early big game
<br />hunters. In addition, Lindenmeier, with its lack of mammoth
<br />remains, appears to document either the extinction or over-kill
<br />of mammoth and a shifting of hunting emphasis to Bison Antiouus
<br />(Eighmy 1989).
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