Primitive man timeline, Utah Field House, Vernal, UT, circa 1950

Subject: Native American Life
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1950 (Chrome)

Back of Primitive man timeline, Utah Field House, Vernal, UT, circa 1950, Utah Field House of Natural History, UT, USA, c. 1950 lithograph postcard — Back

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A printed souvenir card from the Utah Field House of Natural History presenting an outline of the development of primitive man in Western America, with a timeline of geological periods and cultural stages from Pleistocene to Pueblo V.

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PublisherSanborn

OUTLINE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMITIVE MAN IN WESTERN AMERICA GEOLOGICAL PERIOD PLEISTOCENE (ICE AGE, 1 MILLION TO 15,000 YEARS AGO) SANDIA MAN (25,000 TO 30,000 YEARS AGO) FOLSOM AND YUMA MEN AND OTHERS (15,000 TO 20,000 YRS. AGO) RECENT (15,000 YEARS AGO TO THE PRESENT) COCHISE AND OTHER TIME EQUIVALENTS (12,000 ± TO 500 B. C.) BASKETMAKER I (1050 B. C. TO 200 A. D. - ENTERED S.W. 3000 YRS. AGO) BASKETMAKER II (200 A. D. - 400 A. D. - N. E. UTAH & N. W. COLORADO) BASKETMAKER III (400 - 700 A. D.) PUEBLO I (DEVELOPMENTAL - 700 - 850 A. D.) PUEBLO II (DEVELOPMENTAL - 850 - 1000 A. D.) PUEBLO III (MESA VERDE - 1000 - 1200 A. D.) PUEBLO IV (REGRESSIVE - 1200 - 1700 A. D. - DROUGHT, MIGRATION, SPANISH INVASION) PUEBLO V (HISTORIC - 1700 - PRESENT DAY) NOMADIC TRIBES HUNTERS & WILD FOOD GATHERERS WITH THE INTRO- DUCTION OF CORN FARMING BECAME CHIEF INDUSTRY.

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Publisher	Sanborn
Series	x-1720
Condition	Good
Place mentioned	Utah Field House of Natural History, Vernal, UT
Place mentioned	Mesa Verde, CO
Notes	Printed text card; no image. Light stain upper left, corner wear upper right. No postmark. Unused divided-back Kodak real-photo post card ("PHOTO POST CARD" / "Kodak Paper" stamp box); no address or message written; light foxing/toning spots; pencil inventory mark "#59" lower right.

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Primitive man timeline, Utah Field House, Vernal, UT, circa 1950, postcard, c. 1950. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/primitive-man-timeline-utah-field-house-vernal-ut-circa-1950. Accessed November 2, 2026.