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On Dec. 29, 1982, Texas Highway Department archeologists uncovered the skeleton of a pre-historic human female at the Wilson-Leonard Brushy Creek Site Because of the proximity of the grave site to the town of Leander, the skeleton became known as the Leanderthal Lady. Carbon testing indicates the woman lived 10-13,000 years ago. She was about 30 years old at the time of death and measured 5' 3" in height. As one of the earliest intact burials uncovered in the United States, the site is a valuable source of information on the nation's prehistoric past. Location: South Side of RM1431 approximately 1 mile West of Parmer Lane. |
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| The Gault site in Bell County is very much in the news these days vis-�-vis the controversial "peopling of the Americas---Clovis first issue." Gault was featured on Naked Science just this week on National Geographic Channel. There's an overview here as well as some interesting info on how archeologists use techniques such as high-power microscopy and organic residue analysis to determine use of ancient stone tools http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/gault/index.html
(Hinds Cave site also has more on use-wear analysis). And here you'll find a 3-D reconstruction of the skull of perhaps the earliest-known, deliberately buried Texan, the leanderthal lady, dating to about 11,000 years ago http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/prehistory/images/leannes.html The above links from this website : portal.esc20.net/portal/page/portal/doclibraryroot/publicpages/CurriculumCommunique/ |
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