Cedar Point Village is an archaeological site located in Elbert County, Colorado near Limon. It is a prehistoric residential site with artifacts of the Dismal River culture and likely inhabited by early Apachean people.[1]
Cedar Point Village, declared "the most spectacular Dismal River site in Colorado," was a small village with 7 round houses.[2] The village was connected to the Dismal River culture through the Dismal River type of pottery and the side-notched, triangular and unnotched projectile points.[2][3]
The site was excavated in 1952 by Herbert W. Dick, curator of the University of Colorado museum from 1949 to 1953.[4] When Dick left his position at the museum, Joe Ben Wheat led the excavation.[5]
See also
edit- Franktown Cave, another Dismal River culture site in Colorado
- Jicarilla Apache
- List of prehistoric sites in Colorado
- Prehistory of Colorado
References
edit- ^ Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 237, 281. ISBN 1-55566-193-9.
- ^ a b Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 236-237. ISBN 1-55566-193-9.
- ^ Nelson, Sarah M. (2008). Denver: An Archaeological History. Boulder: University of Colorado Press. PT186. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 236-237, 281. ISBN 1-55566-193-9.
- ^ Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 320. ISBN 1-55566-193-9.
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