Shelter Database

Learn about wickiups and the people who used them approximately 1,400 years ago in Oregon.

Investigating an Earthfast House teaches students about the lives of the early colonists of Maryland by investigating an earthfast house occupied from 1690 to 1711 on what was once a tobacco plantation.

Investigating a Historic Farmhouse teaches students about the lives of the Tinsley family, early western settlers, based on the historic and archaeological research conducted on their homestead in Montana.

Investigating a Slave Cabin teaches students about the past lives of enslaved Africans at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Plantation in Virginia through authentic archaeological and historical inquiry.

Students learn about early life in Northwestern Colorado through authentic archaeological research conducted on the Red Army Rock Shelter Site.

Investigating a Plains Tipi uses authentic archaeological and historical research paired with oral histories to teach students about the use and importance of the Plains Tipi in the past and present lives of Plains Indians.

Investigating a Pawnee Earthlodge teaches students about a Pawnee shelter called an Earthlodge, the history of their ancestors, and about the Pawnee tribe today through authentic archaeological and historical inquiry.

In this investigation, students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about roundhouses in northern California and the Wintu people who used them.

Investigating a Fremont Pithouse incorporates authentic archaeological and historical research to teach students about the use and importance of the Fremont Pithouse and the past and present lives of Fremont people.