Cedar Point Village Explained

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

• Franktown Cave, another Dismal River culture site in Colorado
• Jicarilla Apache
• List of prehistoric sites in Colorado
• Prehistory of Colorado

Notes and References

1. Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 237, 281. .
2. Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 236-237. .
3. Nelson, Sarah M. (2008). Denver: An Archaeological History. Boulder: University of Colorado Press. PT186. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
4. Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 236-237, 281. .
5. Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 320. .