Details for Garza Points

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5169002109

Data

Marker Number 2109
Atlas Number 5169002109
Marker Title Garza Points
Index Entry Garza Points
Address FM 669
City Post
County Garza
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 272319
UTM Northing 3650607
Subject Codes archeology; Native Americans
Marker Year 1965
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location FM 669, W side, 16.8 mi. S of Post and 0.8 mi. N of Borden County line. Marker reported damaged Jan. 2010.
Private Property
Marker Condition
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Thin, triangular arrow points 2 to 4 centimeters long. Of fine workmanship, with central basal notch and deeply serrated edges. Discovered and named here, site 41GR40, an archeological highway salvage dug in 1959 by South Plains Archeological Society. With these fine, thin arrow points, left near 6 hearths for cooking, were found 238 stone and bone artifacts: awls, wolf teeth pendants, tubular bone beads, chipped stone knives, scrapers, drills, choppers and 3 types of arrow points. The Garza People, roving hunters, lived here before 1500 A.D. (1965)

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