National and State Register

Lodaiska Site

Jefferson County

The LoDaiska site, a large multicomponent rockshelter, contained a substantial and diverse cultural assemblage representing approximately 7,500 years of prehistoric life along the Front Range.  

A view of a large rock wall with three people standing on the left.

Lodaiska Site 

The original analysis of the site influenced regional archaeological interpretation for many years and raised numerous questions that inspired the excavation of other important archaeological sites.  It is one of the only known shelters in Colorado with deposits representing the PaleoIndian through the Middle Ceramic.