trappers and explores Flashcards
Describe how the Two Buttes was created?
The Mountain is a laccolith- a type of volcanic formation which occurs when lava forces itself.
What was discovered in the Mountain in 1914? How much?
Discover gold and sliver - sank 3 tunnels around $154,53
Describe Southeastern Colorado 180-135 million years ago.
Jurassic Period - Partially by water
How do we know dinosaurs once tracked across Powers Country?
Left tracks in the mud ( foot prints)
First “ Human” to live in or travel through Southeastern Colorado?
The Folsom Man
What are the two methods of writing on rocks?
Petroglyphs - carved into rocks
Pictographs - printed on rocks
Earliest petroglyphs?
Great basin curvilinear
What did these early petroglyphs consist of?
Abstract Geometric designs/ grids/ spirals
Second era of rock writing
Scratched into rock not peaked
What makes this era unique from the first period?
More than 4 marks usually extend along the horizontal line
Third era of rock writing
Scratched/ abraded into sand stone ( Plains Indian)
Unique features of third era
Contains figure not just lines and patterns / animals
What does Bertz consider to be the “modern era” of rock writing? `
Graffiti/JJ/ML/
Who were the first Europeans to clam Southeast Colorado ?
Spanish
What happen too much of the Spanish history of this era?
Unrecorded and destory