Historic plaque - Midland Man

Description:

STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE TEXAS
THE MIDLAND MAN
OLDEST HUMAN REMAINS IN NEW WORLD. FOUND 1953 ON RANCH NEAR HERE BY PIPELINE WELDER KEITH GLASSCOCK. FOSSILIZED SKULL, RIB AND HAND BONES HAD BEEN EXPOSED BY WEATHER CONDITIONS. TESTS INDICATED THESE WERE BONES OF A WOMAN WHO LIVED AS LONG AGO AS 9000 - 9500 B.C.; NEARBY WERE BONES OF EXTINCT SPECIES OF HORSE, SLOTH; WITH WEAPONS, TOOLS AND SIGNS OF ANCIENT CAMPFIRES.
DRS. FRED WENDORF AND ALEX D. KREIGER, ARCHAEOLOGISTS; CLAUDE C. ALBRITTON, GEOLOGIST; T.D. STEWART, PHYSICIAN AND ANTHROPOLOGIST, MADE STUDIES OF THE DISCOVERY.
(1966)
Creator(s): Belden, Dreanna L.
Location(s): United States - Texas - Midland County - Midland
Creation Date: August 6, 2005
Partner(s):
UNT Libraries
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Collection(s):
Photographing Texas
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Creator (Photographer):
Belden, Dreanna L.
Historic plaque - Midland Man
Original Creation Date: August 6, 2005
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Midland County - Midland
Era
Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
Date
2005  
Description:

STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE TEXAS
THE MIDLAND MAN
OLDEST HUMAN REMAINS IN NEW WORLD. FOUND 1953 ON RANCH NEAR HERE BY PIPELINE WELDER KEITH GLASSCOCK. FOSSILIZED SKULL, RIB AND HAND BONES HAD BEEN EXPOSED BY WEATHER CONDITIONS. TESTS INDICATED THESE WERE BONES OF A WOMAN WHO LIVED AS LONG AGO AS 9000 - 9500 B.C.; NEARBY WERE BONES OF EXTINCT SPECIES OF HORSE, SLOTH; WITH WEAPONS, TOOLS AND SIGNS OF ANCIENT CAMPFIRES.
DRS. FRED WENDORF AND ALEX D. KREIGER, ARCHAEOLOGISTS; CLAUDE C. ALBRITTON, GEOLOGIST; T.D. STEWART, PHYSICIAN AND ANTHROPOLOGIST, MADE STUDIES OF THE DISCOVERY.
(1966)
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Partner:
UNT Libraries
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Collection:
Photographing Texas
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Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: dscn1316
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth5326
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image