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Landergin Mesa

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NRHP Reference #
  
66000821

Year built
  
1300

Nearest city
  
Vega

Designated NHL
  
July 19, 1964

Added to NRHP
  
15 October 1966

Location
  
Oldham County, Texas, USA

Landergin Mesa, near Vega, Texas, is an archeological site, preserving some of the most significant Texas Panhandle culture ruins. Landergin Mesa is a large site with many isolated structures, it is important because of the unique artifacts dating to the Antelope Creek Phase. There are well preserved examples of Borger Cordmarked ceramic vessels from the period. The site also exhibits unique architecture indicative of the Antelope Creek Phase.

(citation: http://www.txarch.org/pdf/publications/2007-04Fall.pdf Pages 17–18)

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Landergin Mesa Wikipedia