Colorado Plateau Country Historic Context
Husband MB. 1984. Colorado Plateau Country Historic Context. Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society
From introduction: "The Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, is proud to present this set of historic contexts for the State of Colorado. The set includes regional historic contexts and also topical contexts which summarize and evaluate the history of the state from the earliest historic events up through World War II. The four regional historic contexts include the Plains, the Mountains, the Southern Frontier in southeast Colorado, and the Plateau Country along the western edge of the state. For each of these regions, themes are based on socio-economic units of development in the region. These are presented in rough chronological order, but they are not strictly chronological units. They reflect the historic themes of development in each region and the historic properties associated with them... For all of the historic contexts, the presentation of data for each theme begins with a narrative of the history and description of the theme. A chronology, description of the location of historic properties, and a list of cultural resource types are presented. Then the quality and quantity of existing data about the theme are evaluated. This includes an assessment of the historical documentation, number and location of sites, data gaps, future needs and important resources. Research questions and a guide to evaluation standards for physical condition are presented. References and a map are included for each theme... The overall purpose of these reports is to provide a framework to identify and record the historical resources in the state and to provide research direction to analyze the significance and preservation of these resources. The contexts can provide guidance for state and federally mandated cultural resource management, as well as direction for pure research. We anticipate that the recording and evaluation of historic sites will benefit by using the combined contexts." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Husband, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 1984
- Publisher
- Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Context Statements