Adair-Steadman Site

A prehistoric archeological site discovered in 1969 near the Clear Fork of the Brazos River was a large base campsite for makers of fluted points who were part of the distinctive Folsom Culture between nine and eleven thousand years ago. Archeologists have conducted extensive scientific excavations there and attribute most of the cultural materials to the Paleo-Indian Period. Prehistoric peoples chose to live there because of the availability of water at the time of occupation and the presence of a large stone resource area nearby. Recovered materials include fluted point fragments, point preforms, channel flakes, scrapers, gravers, and large bifaces. Future archeological, geological, and paleontological studies may yield enough data to reconstruct the physical appearance of the site during its period of occupation. One of the most significant locations of Folsom artifacts in North America, it is an important source of information on the prehistory of the state, the nation, and the continent, and it is protected from disturbance by federal and state antiquities laws.

Texas · United States