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Much of Williamson County has been the site of human habitation for at least 11, 200 years.

The earliest known inhabitants of the area lived during the late Pleistocene ( Ice Age ), and are linked to the Clovis culture around 9, 200 BCE ( 11, 200 years old ) based on evidence found at Bell County's much-studied Gault Site.

One of the most important discoveries in recent times is that of the ancient skeletal remains dubbed " The Leanderthal Lady " because of its age and proximity to Leander, Texas.

It was discovered by accident by the Texas Department of Transportation workers while drilling core samples for a new highway.

The site has been extensively studied for many years and samples from this site carbon date to the Pleistocene period at approximately 10, 500 years ago ( 9, 500 BCE ).

Pre-historic and Archaic " open occupation " campsites are also found throughout the county along streams and other water sources including Brushy Creek in Round Rock and the San Gabriel River in Georgetown.

Many such sites were inundated when the San Gabriel River was dammed to create Lake Granger.

These archeology dig sites show a much greater volume of evidence of Archaic Period inhabitants based on relics and flint tools recovered from burned rock middens.