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Hall of Archaeology

Paleoindian Archaic LtArchaic Transition Fremont Ute Historic
11,500 years ago   9,000 bp  3,000bp 0 BC/0 AD  AD 700 AD 1500 1870s

BP=Before Present

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Era

Ice Ages/Pleistocene

1,808,000 - 10,500 years BP 

Holocene

10,000 BP - Present
Culture

Paleoindian

13,000 -10,000 BP

Desert Archaic

10,000 BP - 3,000 BP

Fremont Culture

700-1,600 BP

Ute

700 BP - Present
Museum Main Attractions The Huntington Mammoth Barrier Canyon Pictographs Pit House Ute/Nuche Tipi
Museum Attractions Cont. 10,000 BC/Joe Venus Mural   Pilling Figurines Beads
Hunting Atlatl Atlatl Atlatl/Bow and Arrow Bow and Arrow
Projectile Points Clovis/Folsom Northern Side/Elko Uinta/Parowan/Nawthis/Rose Springs Ute Points
    Manos & Metates Manos & Metates Manos & Metates
  Lithic Tools Lithic Tools Lithic Tools Lithic Tools
      Wooden Tools  
    Basketry Basketry Basketry
      Pottery  
  Spears     Bows & Arrows
         
    Atlatls & Spears Bows & Arrows

Shoshone

700 BP - Present 
      Basketry Vision of Washakie
      Agriculture  
         
 

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