Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories
Identifier
ELIBR0027-Boyd, James B
Files
Download Oral History (120 KB)
Creation Date
12-2-1972
Disciplines
Anthropology | History
Description
James B. Boyd describes six Native American archeological sites he had mapped in western Hidalgo County, beginning with discoveries near La Joya Creek and a school construction site. He detailed artifacts such as Matamoros points, Tortugas dart points, scrapers, and crude stone tools found across multiple visits, noting variations in richness depending on site disturbance. The final site, Chihuahua Hill, stood out as unusually rich for Hidalgo County, though Boyd emphasized these sites were modest compared to larger finds in neighboring counties and northern Mexico. (Transcription by Robert Norton)
Format
PDF, 4 pages
Recommended Citation
Boyd, James B.; Foerster, Bill; and Norton, Robert, "Interview with James B. Boyd" (1972). Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories. 566.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/rgvoralhistories/566
