<< Text Pages >> Little Sotol - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The Southwest
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Multi-periodSite Name: Little SotolCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 15.388 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Del Rio, TX Nearest Village: Comstock, TX
Latitude: 29.817000N Longitude: 101.284W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Settlement in Val Verde County, Texas.A group of earthen ovens used to prepare plant foods, notably, Sotol, a desert shrub. The sites dates to roughly 5000BC, although current digs sponsored by Texas State University are collecting further samples for radio carbon dating.
Note: the site location given is general for the area and does not reflect the exact site.
Note: Texas State University Students Digging Into Prehistoric Food. See comment.
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