![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, the Historic period is the time frame when non-native explorers and settlers eventually displaced the native tribes in sometimes-violent encounters. More radical changes characterize the transition into the Formative period, when corn-based horticulture replaced foraging among a number of native peoples in the warmer parts of Colorado. This is followed by the Archaic period, an era of relatively stable hunter-gatherer lifeways, represented by several cultures of semi-nomadic peoples. ![]() The most ancient is called the Paleo-Indian period, when hunting-oriented cultures embraced the challenging conditions and the sometimes-rapid changes occurring at the end of the Ice Age. We learn about them through archaeology and indigenous peoples’ oral traditions.Īrchaeologists define four broad eras in the history of Colorado and of the whole of the western United States. Hundreds of generations of Native American ancestors are represented in Colorado by scatters of artifacts along with the less portable evidence of shelter, the warmth of hearths, storage needs, and symbolic expression. ![]()
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