Lindenmeier Site might gain status --- City looks into World Heritage designation
By KEVIN DARST --- [email protected]
Seventy years ago archaeologists unearthed a trove of ancient relics from a gulley on what's now the city of Fort Collins' Soapstone Ranch Natural Area.
Now the city is exploring a designation for the so-called Lindenmeier Site that could put Fort Collins "on the map" as a cultural and archeological destination, one city official said. Fort Collins has until April 1, the last chance for a decade, to apply for World Heritage status for the site or Soapstone as a whole.
The Lindenmeier Site, which contained bones and human artifacts from 10,000-11,000 B.C., was discovered in 1924 and the Smithsonian Institute excavated the site from 1935-1940. Archaeologists weren't able to finish the job, however, leaving speculation that more artifacts are buried at the site.
The Lindenmeier Site, which contained bones and human artifacts from 10,000-11,000 B.C., was discovered in 1924 and the Smithsonian Institute excavated the site from 1935-1940. Archaeologists weren't able to finish the job, however, leaving speculation that more artifacts are buried at the site.
Lindenmeier is important not because of the time period it covers - many such sites exist - but because of the in-depth picture it provides of Ice Age life, said Jason LaBelle, an assistant professor at Colorado State University, vice president of the Colorado Archaeological Society and director of the Laboratory of Public Archaeology at CSU who has done work at Soapstone and Larimer County's Red Mountain Ranch.
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