Harris County Boy's School Archeological Site

In this vicinity lies evidence of a prehistoric Indian campsite and burial ground that takes its current name from the property on which it resided at the time of its discovery. The archeological site is classified as a shell midden site because of the presence of a midden, or refuse pile, of oyster and rangia clam shell. The midden collected as the result of early inhabitants consuming shellfish and leaving the empty shells where they are, which was usually at or near their campsite. Archeological excavations revealed a variety of artifacts, including a Plainview dart point, which is associated with very early Indians. Its discovery supported radiocarbon testing that had dated part of the midden to 1476 B.C. Evidence of 32 burials was uncovered in another section of the site. Analysis of ceramics interred with the burials dated the cemetery from the first millenium A.D. Scientific investigation of the Harris County Boys' School Archeological Site led to other studies of the cultural aspects of the prehistoric inhabitants of the area. The site remains as a significant example of the shell midden, once relatively common along the Texas Coast, but now rarely found due to beach erosion and subsidence. (1985)

Harris County Boy's School Archeological Site is a historical marker in Seabrook, Harris County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.5678, -95.0692 near Seabrook. The nearest cataloged historic site is Webster Presbyterian Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include West, James and Jessie, Mansion (Gone), KELLERMAN, and Space Environment Simulation Laboratory.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010678. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.