Historic & Prehistoric Contexts

View or download contexts describing various aspects of Colorado prehistory and history.

Order Additional Publications from CCPA

• Contexts for Colorado’s River Basins (5 volumes) - includes the Arkansas, Northern Colorado, Rio Grande, Platte, and Southern Colorado River basins
• Colorado History: A Context for Historical Archaeology
• Ancient Colorado, an Illustrated Overview of Colorado’s Prehistory

Each volume of prehistory and the one volume of historical archaeology for the state provide a comprehensive review of important sites and projects in each region, and a synthesis of our understanding of the prehistoric archaeology of the 5 river basins, historic archaeology for the state, and suggestions for future research.