Details for Indian Cemetery and Villages

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5499008965

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Marker Number 8965
Atlas Number 5499008965
Marker Title Indian Cemetery and Villages
Index Entry Indian Cemetery and Villages
Address CR 1416
City Quitman
County Wood
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 270729
UTM Northing 3638348
Subject Codes Native Americans
Marker Year 1968
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 5 mi. NE of Quitman on SH 37 to CR 1416, near east end of Lake Quitman Dam
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Found during road-building operations and reported Nov. 1966. In Jan. 1967, eight graves were studied, but the bone fragments unearthed were so old that they crumbled upon exposure to air. Pieces of pottery were also found in the cemetery and in six villages in the vicinity. Grindstones, a jar with red paint, water jugs, and skinning stones suggest that the area may have been inhabited about 1200 to 1500 A.D., and possibly at an earlier time, by the Caddo Indians, an agricultural people with a highly advanced culture. Other cemeteries exist nearby. (1968)

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