Midland
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Archaeology, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Texas
- Date: 10,000 and earlier
In the summer of 1953 an amateur archaeologist, Keith Glasscock, was exploring a dune blowout (wind scouring of dune sand down to a resistant geological layer) near the town of Midland, Texas, when he found parts of a human skull and other bones uncovered in the lower layer of sand. He removed these bones and some other artifacts that were already blown free, but did not disturb the sand deposits by further searching. Instead, he called in professional anthropologists. What followed was a triumph of cooperation among scientists of many different disciplines that resulted in the...
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