Who Were the Big Bend Basket-Makers?
Artifacts from Big Bend Basket Maker Caves taken from Who were the Big Bend Basket Makers? typescript by George Castor Martin, undated.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1939
Typescript about the archaeology of early native peoples in the southwest region of Texas and across the border into Coahuila, Mexico. Martin describes a culture, also referred to as Toboso, that he has named the Big Bend Basket-Makers, because of similarities with the Basket Makers of Arizona and New Mexico. He discusses linguistic groups and migrations, as well as diagnostic traits related to skull shape, textiles, baskets, cloud-blowers, and projectile points. Photographs of a map and projectile points are attached.
The title page includes a holograph inscription: "Copy made for William A. Duffen, compliments of George C. Martin."
Historical writer from Terrell Wells, Texas.
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