Ancient pottery intrigues us. The shapes and sizes tell us about the people who formed the pots and about their daily lives: fetching water, cooking dinner, storing food for the long winter.

In this archaeological site, some of the earliest pottery in Nebraska has been found. In the Teacher Activities below, learn how archaeologists used the fragments of these ancient objects to understand the lives of people in central Nebraska’s Valley County some 2,000 to 1,500 years ago.

	Grade Level: 4 - 8
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