Site 5JF148: The Crescent Rockshelter
The Crescent Rockshelter Archaeological Project
represents the results of a four-year undertaking by Professor Mendoza
to document the Paleo-Indian (ca. 11,500 to 7,000 year B.P) through Historic
(ca. 1900) evolution of Native American culture in the Colorado Rockies.
The site, known as the Crescent Rockshelter (5JF148), is located on the
Colorado Front Range, approximately 35 miles west of Denver, Colorado.
The excavations, which were initiated by Professor Mendoza in the Spring
of 1992, resulted in the creation of an 800 record artifact database. In
addition, Professor Mendoza deployed the Surfer Mapping Program in order
to create a topographic rendering of the ancient rockshelter and its archaeological
units.
