{"id":373888,"date":"2015-07-14T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T16:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=373888"},"modified":"2015-07-15T11:24:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:24:13","slug":"archeologists-uncover-ancient-artifacts-on-project-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=373888","title":{"rendered":"Archeologists Uncover Ancient Artifacts on Project Route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/07\/150x150-75-d04c91f5fd1108e9cb429f1645a6163da61b211d189248d8d0d4b8115131213e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/07\/150x150-75-d04c91f5fd1108e9cb429f1645a6163da61b211d189248d8d0d4b8115131213e.jpg\" alt=\"150x150-75-d04c91f5fd1108e9cb429f1645a6163da61b211d189248d8d0d4b8115131213e\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-373889\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Texas Department of Transportation Tuesday announced the discovery of archeological sites along the U.S. 175 expansion project in Anderson and Henderson counties that officials say contain artifacts dating to the 1400s. The findings suggest that the locations could have been a temporary Native American settlement, according to a TxDOT news release.<!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>TxDOT has hired a consulting firm that specializes in cultural resources.  Officials say the firm investigated and found at least three sites along Highway 175 that could have been small farmsteads or settlements of the native people who lived in the area from the 1400s until 1650. Artifacts such as pieces of ceramic vessels, stone tools, and more have been found at the sites and will be researched and then curated at one of the state&#8217;s facilities, according to the release.  Officials say the data will be compiled into a report once the field activities conclude. <\/p>\n<p>Archeologists are working under the guidance of the National Historic Preservation Act, which prescribes how to address historic and archeological sites during the planning of transportation projects.  TxDOT spokeswoman Kathi White says teams are working carefully on excavation to reduce the impact of the highway project on the heritage of the tribal community and the state.  She says construction can still occur on other highway segments while the investigation continues at the protected locations.  <\/p>\n<p>Officials say the settlements are not uncommon findings for TxDOT, with other sites having been found during the environmental studies process that&#8217;s required prior to highway construction.  White points out that the recently discovered sites have 24-hour security while the investigation continues &#8212; and it&#8217;s against the law to trespass on those sites.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. 175 expansion has been in the planning stages for years and is a top priority for TxDOT in an effort to improve the roadway&#8217;s safety and mobility, according to the news release.  The expansion includes three separate projects covering 13.8 miles from Baxter to Frankston and is designed to widen the roadway from two lanes to a four-lane highway divided with a depressed median. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Texas Department of Transportation Tuesday announced the discovery of archeological sites along the U.S. 175 expansion project in Anderson and Henderson counties that officials say contain artifacts dating to the 1400s. The findings suggest that the locations could have been a temporary Native American settlement, according to a TxDOT news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":373889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-22 18:34:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=373888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373892,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373888\/revisions\/373892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/373889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=373888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=373888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=373888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}