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Paleoindian Archaic Basketmaker II Basketmaker III Pueblo I Pueblo II Pueblo III
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AcknowledgmentsThe Mesa Verde region has been the subject of intense archaeological interest and study for more than 100 years. In that time, countless archaeologists have contributed to our cumulative store of knowledge, much of which is summarized in a book published in 1999 by the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, titled Colorado Prehistory: A Context for the Southern Colorado River Basin. Edited by William D. Lipe, Mark D. Varien, and Richard H. Wilshusen, this comprehensive work was my primary source for specific details and general trends through time. For the Paleoindian period specifically, the information about possible routes of immigration (as depicted in Figure 1 of the Paleoindian Overview) was obtained from Figures 2.4 and 2.5 in E. James Dixon's Bones, Boats, and Bison, published in 1999 by the University of New Mexico Press. A number of Crow Canyon staff members assisted in the compilation and production of the chronology. An early draft was written by Crow Canyon educator Sean Steele and reviewed by then-Director of Education Elaine Franklin and Assistant Director of Education Margie Connolly. Mark Varien, Crow Canyon's director of research, and Louise Schmidlap, director of publications, also reviewed various drafts and provided valuable feedback on content and style. Education staff members Jennie Akers, Paul Ermigiotti, Shaine Gans, Rebecca Hammond, Lew Matis, and Josh Munson evaluated the manuscript from their perspective as teachers in Crow Canyon programs; Jennie also provided helpful copy-edit suggestions. Finally, Karen Carlson, of campus services, gave the manuscript a very close read and provided invaluable feedback that greatly improved organization and readability. The illustrations in this time line were obtained from many sources, and credit lines can be viewed by passing your computer mouse over each image. Lee R. Schmidlap, Jr., created the excellent pen-and-ink drawings of animals, as well as a number of renderings of pottery vessels, pottery sherds, and other artifacts. Additional artifact drawings were created by Carole Graham, Paul Ermigiotti, and Bruce Bradley. Lew Matis drew several architectural illustrations, and Jane Baigent created the interior view of the kiva for the Pueblo II period. Several illustrations were originally published in Windows Into the Past, a teachers guide edited by Elaine Davis (Franklin) and Margie Connolly, and are reproduced here with the permission of the publisher, Kendall/Hunt (2000). The photograph of the check dam that appears in the Pueblo II and Pueblo III sections was taken by Sara Kelly. Special thanks to Marcia Hadenfeldt and Deborah Westfall of Edge of the Cedars Museum in Bluff, Utah, for making their collections available to Crow Canyon and spending a morning assisting me in artifact photography. The museum has an outstanding collection of ancestral Pueblo artifacts, including many perishable items that I otherwise would not have had the opportunity to photograph. I also wish to express my appreciation to Patricia Flint Lacey for providing ears of Hopi Blue corn, as well as dried beans and squash, from her own gardens of years gone by—I had not anticipated how hard it would be to find photogenic specimens out of season! And many thanks to Mesa Verde National Park for providing the images of living scenes represented in their dioramas at the park museum. Grant Coffey, Jamie Merewether, and Jonathan Till, who work in Crow Canyon's research laboratory, took the time to identify artifacts that are diagnostic of various time periods and to retrieve digital images from the research files for use in the chronology. Jamie also assisted in retrieving and arranging artifacts from Crow Canyon's temporary collection for photography. Sujan Bryan of Crow Canyon's publications department and volunteer Sandy Tradlener did a marvelous job scanning the graphics; Sujan also spent many hours digitally enhancing and improving the quality of the line work of many of the drawn illustrations. Louise Schmidlap, as always, capably oversaw the entire production effort. And, finally, I wish to extend my appreciation to all of Crow Canyon's many supporters—the Board of Trustees, the Native American advisory group, program participants, and loyal members—who believe in the Center's mission and in the importance of learning and teaching about the past.
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