1. The Basket Makers 1500 B.C. Basket Makers live in Colorado
Hunters- wooden clubs, hunting sticks
Atlatl- device that helped them to throw sticks with great force
Houses- caves and rock overhangs
Clothing- fur & skin of animals, turkey feather robes, plant fiber sandals

2. Moved to mesas- flat top mountains
Kivas- underground pits lined with stone, used for storing grain
Specialty- making baskets
Coiled or braided plant fibers and grasses
Covered them with clay
Baked until hardened
Growing population- more knowledge
Began farming- bean crops
Turkeys caught and raised on farms- easy meals
Shift from basket making to pottery making

3. The Cliff Dwellers Anasazi- “the ancient ones” A.D. 900-1130
Southwestern Colorado
Agriculture- corn, squash, beans,
Built reservoirs to water crops
Pueblos- villages located on the sides of mountains
Mysteriously abandoned villages between
became nomadic hunters
Mesa Verde National Park
217 rooms, 23 kivas

4. People from the “Land of the Sun”
Ute- 2/3 of Colorado was their home until 1868
Wickiups- pole-framed shelters that were usually covered with matting from bark
Women gathered- seed grasses, berries, roots, fruits and greens
Men hunted- deer, buffalo, elk, rabbits
Whole tribe- collect pinecones from pinon pine trees, nuts main part of their diet
1540s – obtained horses and livestock
Raid or trade with other tribes
Protect themselves

5. The Arapaho Came to Colorado from the Red River in Canada
Fierce fighters
Live in buffalo skin tepees
Men- deerskin, breechcloth, robe and moccasins
Women- dresses and moccasins
Used a flat pipe for religious ceremonies
Kept hidden except for ceremonies
Pray for health or abundant food supply