Cedar Point Village is an archaeological site located in Elbert County, Colorado near Limon. It is a prehistoric residential site with artifacts of the Dismal River culture and likely inhabited by early Apachean people.Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 237, 281. .
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.Nelson, Sarah M. (2008). Denver: An Archaeological History. Boulder: University of Colorado Press. PT186. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
The site was excavated in 1952 by Herbert W. Dick, curator of the University of Colorado museum from 1949 to 1953.Cassells, E. Steve. (1997). The Archaeology of Colorado, Revised Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books. pp. 236-237, 281. . 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 List of prehistoric sites in Colorado Prehistory of Colorado
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