Mantle's Cave, Mesa Verde National Park, Picture Canyon, Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Solar calendar – a calendar whose dates indicate the position of the earth on its revolution around the sun, including passage of the seasons by the summer and winter equinox. See Hovenweep National Monument and Picture Canyon. Clothing and personal adornment Blankets – turkey feathers, yucca fibers and rabbit fur were woven into blankets. Hides were likely also used as blankets for warmth. Clothing – little evidence of clothing, aside from a few loin-cloths found at archaeological sites. Cradleboards – made from yucca, twigs and rabbit fur. Hairstyles – based upon burial remains, men of the Basketmaker culture sometimes wore fancy hairstyles and it's hypothesized that women generally wore their hair cut short. Jewelry – both men and women of the Basketmaker culture wore necklaces, bracelets and pendants made of shell, stone, bone and dried berries. Shells, such as abalone, conus and olivella from the coast of the Pacific ocean, would have been obtained through trade. Robes – turkey feathers were woven into robes. Sandals – made of woven yucca fibers or strips of leaves. Diet Cultivation – maize, squash, beans were cultivated by Ancient Pueblo People and some hunter-gatherers. Cultivation required at least some seasonal residency at the cultivation site for planting and harvesting. Paleolithic diet – diet of hunter-gatherers, reliant upon seasonal attainment of wild plants and animals. Dwellings Adobe dwellings – building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material (sticks, straw, and/or manure). Crude lean-tos – shelters made of poles covered with brush and/or hides and having a roof with a single slope. Rock shelters – cave-like opening in a bluff or cliff, which may have construction of walls for protection from the elements. Pit-houses – dwellings built partially below ground, covered with poles, brush, earth and/or hides. Tipis – cone-shaped shelters made of wooden poles covered with animal skins. Wikiup – downed branches upturned with small ends forming a tight knit top and large branch ends forming the circular base. Often covered with more, smaller branches and/grasses, allowing for one opening. Similar in shape to a tipi but not portable, nor more than seasonal in use. Medicine Prehistoric medicine – practice of use of natural resources, such as plants and earth, to treat disease and injury. Tools Precontanct peoples made a number of