Caddo Mounds
It is much more difficult to find evidence of the pre-colonisation era in Texas (and much of America) than it is to find evidence of ancient history from several thousand years ago in Britain.
This is one of three Caddo Mounds at the tiny settlement of Weeping Mary (see below). Archaeologists date them between 800 - 1300 AD. Apparently some were built so that a 'temple' could command a position overlooking a village of Caddo people. Others, though much larger than similar structures from more ancient times in Britain, were burial mounds.
Caddo Mounds
It is much more difficult to find evidence of the pre-colonisation era in Texas (and much of America) than it is to find evidence of ancient history from several thousand years ago in Britain.
This is one of three Caddo Mounds at the tiny settlement of Weeping Mary (see below). Archaeologists date them between 800 - 1300 AD. Apparently some were built so that a 'temple' could command a position overlooking a village of Caddo people. Others, though much larger than similar structures from more ancient times in Britain, were burial mounds.