Palaeontological Excavation – Bandera TX

City:
Bandera, TX

Site Type:
Archaeology and History, Archaeology

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Works Progress Administration supported Paleontologist Roland T. Bird in the excavation of Sauropod footprints near West Verde Creek in southern Bandera County, Texas. The workers cleaned out the tracks and removed debris from the excavation area. The project number was 665-66-3-233.

Source notes

Note cards on historical photographs from the National Archives and Records Administration digitized by the Historic Sites and Structures Program, Texas State Parks (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141324854@N04/sets/72157666544629655/), accessed March 29, 2018.

Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on March 30, 2018.

Location Info


Hill Country State Natural Area
Bandera, Texas Bandera County

Location notes: Southern Bandera County, Texas (General location: 29.6255, -99.1758)

Coordinates: 29.628054, -99.181043

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