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Ken-Caryl South Valley Archaeological District

Jefferson County

Multiple sites, including camps and specialized activity sites, indicate an occupation period of about 4,000 years, from around 3000 BC through AD 1000.

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Ken-Caryl South Valley Archaeological District

The district has yielded and can continue to yield important information about the settlement strategies and subsistence patterns of prehistoric groups who inhabited the hogback/foothills of eastern Colorado.  The district can also address questions regarding chronology and paleoenvironmental conditions.