Adair-Steadman Site

In this vicinity is a prehistoric archeological site discovered in 1969 near the Clear Fork of the Brazos River. Archeologists have conducted extensive scientific excavations and attribute most of the cultural materials to the Paleo-Indian Period. The Adair-Steadman Site 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. Prehistoric peoples chose to live here because of the availability of water at the time of occupation and the presence of a large stone resource area nearby. Stone tools and other material recovered include fluted point fragments, point preforms, channel flakes, scrapers, gravers, and large bifaces. Future archeological, geological, and paleontological studies of the site may yield sufficient 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, the Adair-Steadman Site is important as a valuable source of information on the prehistory of the state, the nation, and the entire continent. It is protected from disturbance by federal and state antiquities laws. (1984)

Adair-Steadman Site is a historical marker in Sylvester vicinity, Fisher County, dedicated in 1984. It is one of 15 historical markers documented in Fisher County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 18 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.6829, -100.1487 near Sylvester vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Newman Community and Cemetery (historical marker), about 5.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Newman Community, Woods Chapel Cemetery, and Rock House; The Old.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5151000082. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.