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Cedar Point Village is an
archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...
located in
Elbert County, Colorado Elbert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,062. The county seat is Kiowa and the largest town is Elizabeth. Elbert County is included in the Denver-Aurora- Lakewood, CO Metro ...
near Limon. It is a prehistoric residential site with artifacts of the
Dismal River culture The Dismal River culture refers to a set of cultural attributes first seen in the Dismal River area of Nebraska in the 1930s by archaeologists William Duncan Strong, Waldo Rudolph Wedel and A. T. Hill. Also known as Dismal River aspect and Dism ...
and likely inhabited by early Apachean people. Cedar Point Village, declared "the most spectacular Dismal River site in Colorado," was a small village with 7 round houses.Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). ''The Archaeology of Colorado'', Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 236-237. . 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. The site was excavated in 1952 by Herbert W. Dick, curator of the University of Colorado museum from 1949 to 1953. When Dick left his position at the museum, Joe Ben Wheat led the excavation.Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). ''The Archaeology of Colorado'', Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 320. .


See also

* Franktown Cave, another Dismal River culture site in Colorado *
Jicarilla Apache Jicarilla Apache (, Jicarilla language: Jicarilla Dindéi), one of several loosely organized autonomous bands of the Eastern Apache, refers to the members of the Jicarilla Apache Nation currently living in New Mexico and speaking a Southern Athab ...
* List of prehistoric sites in Colorado *
Prehistory of Colorado Prehistory of Colorado provides an overview of the activities that occurred prior to Colorado's recorded history. Colorado experienced cataclysmic geological events over billions of years, which shaped the land and resulted in diverse ecosystems. ...


References

Paleo-Indian archaeological sites in Colorado Archaeological sites in Colorado {{Colorado-stub