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Excavations at the LoDaisKa Site
in the
Denver, Colorado, Area
by
H. J. AND C. C. IRWIN
[Illustration]
Supplementary Reports
by
W. C. Galinat, C. B. Hunt, G. E. Lewis,
R. Rodden, D. R. Whitehead
THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Denver, Colorado
Proceedings, No. 8 October 1, 1959
LITHOGRAPHED BY
THE PEERLESS PRINTING COMPANY
DENVER, COLORADO
[Illustration: FIGURE 1—Area of Study.]
Acknowledgments
This report, like most archaeological publications, was made possible
only through the contributions and cooperation of many individuals. It
is difficult to thank them all adequately.
Our greatest debt is to the editor of this publication, H. M.
Wormington. She has provided an incalculable amount of information
and assistance. More important, however, we have had the advantage
of her knowledge and experience and have profited endlessly from her
suggestions and criticisms. Without her guidance and encouragement this
report could not have been prepared. We are also greatly indebted to
Alfred M. Bailey, Director of the Denver Museum of Natural History, who
made it possible for this report to appear in the Proceedings Series.
We are deeply grateful to the individuals who gave their valuable time
and efforts to the preparation of the supplementary reports: Donald R.
Whitehead, for his pollen studies; Robert J. Rodden, for the chemical
and physical analyses of the soils; Edward Lewis, for his report on
the identification of the fauna; Charles B. Hunt, for his description
of the geology of the area; Walton C. Galinat, for identification and
comments on the plant remains; and M. G. Towle, for her supplementary
floral studies.
We are deeply indebted to James B. Griffin for his acceptance of carbon
samples, which may ultimately provide an accurate chronology for the
site. We owe a special debt of thanks to Jesse D. Jennings, Richard
G. Forbis, Clyde Kluckhohn, Ruth M. Underhill, Evon Z. Vogt, Gordon
R. Willey, and Stephen Williams. They contributed their valuable time
and professional knowledge in their comments and criticisms of the
paper. Paul C. Mangelsdorf provided helpful suggestions and important
information on the maize section.
Others whose reading of the manuscript we have benefited from are J. O.
Brew, J. B. Griffin, H. L. Movius Jr., and H. Smith.
J. O. Brew kindly made available to us collections in Peabody Museum,
Harvard for study. We are grateful to Arminta Neal for her comments
and suggestions on the illustrations. Photographic credits are as
follows: Figure 2, T. S. Lovering (U.S.G.S.); Figure 3, F. M. Van Tuyl
(U.S.G.S.); Figure 31 left and Figure 60, R. J. Rodden; Figure 76, R.
F. Forbis. Within the supplementary reports, Figure 66 was drawn by C.
B. Hunt (U.S.G.S.), and Figures 67 and 68 by R. J. Rodden. All other
illustrations were prepared by the authors.
We are also grateful to LoDaisKa Bethel and her family. Her enthusiasm,
knowledge of the area, and scientific spirit were ultimately
responsible for these excavations. To Otto Sanger we are indebted for
the initial permission to excavate, for his friendship, and for the
innumerable kindnesses which he and his family subsequently extended to
us. Last, but by no means least, we wish to thank our mother, Eleanor
C. Irwin, who has played a vital part in every stage of this operation,
from field assistant and cataloguer, through to the final stages of
typing and proofreading.