Harris Country said, in a public release entitled “
Cypress Creek Archeological Site:”
The artifacts found at this site [near Meyer Park, along Cypress Creek] indicate that the various groups of nomadic prehistoric people returned every year (or every few years) on a seasonal basis to take advantage of the area’s plentiful hunting and fishing opportunities and the agreeable climate. Artifacts indicate that people first came here for a limited period around 8,000 to 10,000 years ago (Paleoindian Period, 8000 to 6000 B.C.), and then camped here repeatedly over a period of approximately 1,500 years, from A.D. 100 until the arrival of Europeans (Early Ceramic Period, A.D. 100 to 800, to Late Ceramic Period, A.D. 800 to 1750). When tested, a piece of burned wood found in a cooking hearth was dated to A.D. 1020 to 1200.
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For more information about the native people of southeast Texas, see Indians of the Upper Texas Coast by Lawrence E. Aten, published by the Academic Press in 1983; The Archeology of Southeast Texas by Leland W. Patterson, published in the Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society in 1995; and, The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times by W. W Newcomb, Jr., published by The University of Texas Press in 1961.
The find occurred between 2006 and 2010. Fascinating. Here is a picture and some info included in the public release.
