Humans have inhabited this area since at least 9500 BCE (Paleoindian Culture).
The Paleoindian culture is dated from 9500 to 5500 BCE, the Archaic Culture
from 5500 BCE to 600 CE, the Ancestral Puebloan Culture from 600 to 1600 CE,
and the Historic period is dated from 1600 CE to present.
