Be Part of - lambspring.org · Be Part of Something Extraordinary Lamb Spring Archeological Preserve c/o Treasurer Harold Smethills 1805 Shea Center, Suite 210 Highlands Ranch, CO

Be Part of Something

Extraordinary

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Lamb Spring is a unique resource for the Denver metropolitan region and is valuable for public education and research, because it is rich with information about natural and human history. The Lamb Spring Archaeological Preserve (LSAP) is an internationally significant archaeo-logical site containing bone beds of extinct Ice Age animals and artifacts from later human occupation at the spring. Extinct Ice Age animals found at the site include over 30 Columbian Mammoths, the largest number known from any site in Colorado. It also contains the remains of Ice Age camels, horses, sloths, llamas, and wolves. In addition to animal remains, the site contains spear points and bison bones that are the remains of a hunt that took place at the spring sometime between 9,000 and 8,400 years ago. The site contains what may be some of the best-preserved evidence of the earliest humans to live in the North American Continent.

Preserving the Past Planning for the Future

Lamb Spring offers unique educational and tourism opportunities unlike anything else in the Denver metropolitan area and rarely found elsewhere in the United States. Preliminary plans for Lamb Spring include an interpretive museum and educational facility, which will offer the public exceptional opportunities for participation in both field and laboratory settings. Partially excavated bone beds will be the centerpiece and primary attraction of the site.

The museum will be designed to enhance and protect the archaeological remains and will feature bone beds in various stages of excavation. An on-site museum at Lamb Spring will be a significant cultural facility contributing to scientific knowledge, interdisciplinary research, and dedicated to public education and participation of science.

Visitors of the museum will have the opportunity to view artifacts and fossils in their original setting, and observe archaeologists and students while they excavate, study and catalog the remains. On site activities will include research, education, collection conservation, preservation and storage, research archives, tours, classes and programs, exhibit development and design, volunteer activities and special events and programs.

Support the Preserve You can be a part of this unique project. You financial support will enable us to continue to offer free tours, maintain the integrity of the site, and complete our goals for future projects. We invite you to be a part of this extraordinary resource. Mail the attached form and payment to: Lamb Spring Archeological Preserve c/o Treasurer Harold Smethills 1805 Shea Center, Suite 210 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

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form enclosed form will be forwarded Please use the following name(s) in all acknowledgements: I (we) wish to have our gift remain anonymous. Signature Date Lamb Spring Archeological Preserve, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, so gifts are fully tax deductible. Tax ID # 20-588-7108