Lindenmeier Site

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/lindenmeier-site

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Larimer County, Colorado, USA
2. What is the primary occupation period?Approximately 13,000 years before present (BP)
3. Why is the Lindenmeier Site important for learning about ancient people?Because it has many stone tools and animal bones that show how the first people in America hunted and lived.
4. What kind of tools did people make at the Lindenmeier Site?They made special stone points with a flute, as well as scrapers, knives, drills, and gravers, all from local chert.

Paleoindian Period: The earliest period of human occupation in North America, dating from approximately 15,000 to 10,000 years ago.
Lithic Technology: The study and analysis of stone tools and the processes used to create them.
Subsistence Strategy: The methods and practices used by a group to obtain food and other necessities for survival.
Debitage: The waste material produced during the process of stone tool manufacture.