Moccasin Confluence: Occupation and Settlement in the Lower Fredericksburg Basin of the Edwards Plateau

Gunn, Joel D.; Kerr, Anne C.

doi:10.21112/ita.1986.1.37

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“…Further work in Texas, utilizing pollen analysis, fau nal analysis, and climatic data, was accomplished in the next 20 years (Bryant 1977;Bryant and Shafer 1977;Dillehay 1974;Gunn 1984;Gunn and Mahula 1977). A wealth of new information has been gener ated in the last decade, particularly with the increased use of geomorphology and geoarcheology (Abbott 1993;Blum and Valastro 1992;Nordt 1992Nordt , 1993.…”

Section: Excavations At the Bluff Creek Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Excavations at the Bluff Creek Sites: 41MK10 and 41MK27, McColloch County, Texas

Irwin¹,

Houk²,

Drake³

et al. 1999

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Site 41MK27 contained a small burned rock midden, Feature I. This midden was approximately 8 to 10 m in diameter, and 50 cm thick, and annular in form. A single internal feature (Feature IA), a rock-lined pit or hearth, was located in the approximate center and bottom of the midden. Lying between the midden and Bluff Creek were a series of small hearths, of which eight were excavated and designated as Features III through X. These small hearths, most of which had been at least somewhat disturbed, appeared to have been simple structures composed of one or more layers of rock. Many of the individual rocks appear to have been fire-fractured in place. No true basin-shaped hearths were observed. Associated with these hearths were an accompanying scatter of living debris in the form of flint and burned rock and significant quantities of freshwater mussel shell. Although the individual specimens are relatively small, the quantities recovered suggest that they served as a source of food. Radiocarbon data suggest that the site was intermittently occupied from the Late Archaic through the Late Prehistoric. The midden apparently dates to the Late Prehistoric, although the Transitional Archaic period may have been the period of most intense occupation at the site.Site 41MK10 was smaller than 41MK27 and not as intensively investigated. Two small burned rock features were excavated. The site was at least visited in the Late Archaic times, as is evidenced by the presence of a Castroville point, and in the Transitional Archaic, indicated by the recovery of two Ensor projectile points. It is likely, though by no means firmly established, that these dart point types are in fact associated with the use of the features.i

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Section: Excavations At the Bluff Creek Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%