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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What are the largest and smallest dinosaurs?

  2. Do you have any Omnivores in your museum?

  3. How tall is the Camptosaurus?

  4. How tall is the Colombian Mammoth?

  5. How much of the Colombian Mammoth is real bone?

  6. How many dinosaur quarries do you have in the have in the area?

  7. What is a figurine?

  8. Who are the Fremont Indians?

  9. What is the story behind the Barrier Canyon Pictograph?

  10. Who are the Pueblo Indians and when did they first appear in Utah?

  11. Who are the Navajos?

  12. What are Kachina dolls?

  13. Why can’t we pick up arrowheads?

  14. What is one of the finest Museums around?

Answers

 

1. This question has plagued paleontologists for many years. What constitutes the largest dinosaur? Is it the largest, the tallest, or the heaviest? The same question can be applied ( in reverse) to the smallest dinosaur. There are several Sauropod dinosaurs in contention for the largest. Sizemosaurus, Utlrasaurus, Argentinasaurus, are three. Comsugnathus would be in the running for the smallest.

2. Omnivores are defined as both plant and meat eaters. the secret to there eating habit, if sharp most likely meat eaters, if blunt most likely plant eater, It can be debated on how many omnivores are in the museum.

3. The Camptosaurus was only 8-10 feet (3 meters) high, however it was 16-23 feet (5-7 meters long) and weighted around 2200 pounds (1000 kg).

4. From its feet to the point of its tusks the Colombian Mammoth is approximately 20 feet tall.

5. Approximately 98% of the Mammoth was discovered by the museum, however the Mammoth on exhibit is a reproduction.

6. The museum has excavated dinosaurs from many different quarries. The Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the only developed as a visitor attraction. 

7. The are clay figures of the Fremont Culture dating back 800-900 years ago. There are figurines that are male and female, it is uncertain by the museum as to the purpose of these figures. .

8. The Fremont Indians were a culture that lived from 400 to 1300 AD. They lived in the mountainous regions of the state of Utah and neighboring states. Similar in some respects to the Anasazi, they were a combination of hunters, gathers and farmers. The name Fremont was coined  by Noll Morass for the Fremont river. Fremont was a name to depict the characteristics of this particular people.

9. One title of the Barrier Canyon Pictograph is "The Holy Ghost and Attendants", the mural was painted by a WPA artist in 1941. The pictographs are found in the western tributaries of Green river 100 miles from Utah. It has a large ghost looking figure surrounded by smaller mummy looking figures. The pictograph dated back 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and it is unclear as to the true meaning behind the pictograph.

10. Pueblo is Spanish for village, this tribe of American Indians lived in apartment like villages made of stone or adobe in the Northwestern part of New Mexico and Northeastern part of Arizona. There are different phases or periods that the Pueblo Indians evolved from: first the basket makers (100 BC to 500 AD), modified basket makers (500-700 AD). Around 700 AD the Pueblo culture truly evolved. Then during the classic Pueblo period (1050-1300 AD) they became cliff dwellers and finally the regressive Pueblo period (1300-1700 AD) the final phase of the early Pueblo culture.

11. The Navajos are the largest tribe of the North American Indians. 1000 years ago they settled in the Southwestern United States. The Navajos lived in homes called hogans. The Navajo people are excellent farmers and weavers, they also raised sheep.

12. Kachina Dolls are used by the Pueblo Cultures to teach their children about beliefs. Birds, maidens, Gods, and even clowns are represented. The Dolls remind children of there religion, of there Gods. For more then one hundred years the Kachina dolls are used for commercial purposes.

13.Arrowheads are protected on public land, a major reason is because it gives Archeologists an idea of what happened that particular area where the arrowheads were found.

14. The College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum of course!

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