Underwater Archaeology at 41HY147, the Terrace Locality at Spring Lake

Lohse, Jon C.

doi:10.21112/ita.2013.1.9

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“…Sites 41HY160 and HY165 are associated with Spring Lake, formed by impounded fresh water springs at the headwaters of the San Marcos River. The Spring Lake sites have a record of nearly continuous human occupation from the Pleistocene/Holocene transition to historical periods (Lohse, 2013) and are important in this study as their continuous occupation record means that the presence of bison in faunal assemblages should be a good indicator of their presence on the regional landscape. Controlled excavations here have not extended below Early Archaic deposits, which represent the temporal limits of our study.…”

Section: Bison In the Study Area And The Present Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

Isotope paleoecology of episodic mid-to-late Holocene bison population expansions in the Southern Plains, U.S.A.

Lohse¹,

Madsen

Culleton

et al. 2014

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Section: Bison In the Study Area And The Present Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

Isotope paleoecology of episodic mid-to-late Holocene bison population expansions in the Southern Plains, U.S.A.

Lohse¹,

Madsen

Culleton

et al. 2014

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…This time period encompasses the Recession Phase of the first logistic component of growth and the very beginning of the proposed Expansion Phase of the second component of growth. In the culture history chronology of Central Texas, the period of 8800 to 7800 coincides with the transition from Late Paleoindian to Early Archaic projectile point technologies (Lohse, 2013; Lohse et al, 2014). The same pattern occurs at the end of Component II and the very beginning of Component III.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The same pattern occurs at the end of Component II and the very beginning of Component III. The Recession Phase of Component II begins at the transition from Middle to Late Archaic technological traditions (4200–4100 cal BP) (Lohse, 2013; Lohse et al, 2014) and oscillates around a constant mean until about 3000 cal BP. The Recession Phase of Component III associates with the end of the Late Archaic Transition Interval (1250–651 cal BP, Austin Phase) and beginning of the Late Prehistoric Toyah (650–300 cal BP) (Lohse, 2013; Lohse et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Recession Phase of Component II begins at the transition from Middle to Late Archaic technological traditions (4200–4100 cal BP) (Lohse, 2013; Lohse et al, 2014) and oscillates around a constant mean until about 3000 cal BP. The Recession Phase of Component III associates with the end of the Late Archaic Transition Interval (1250–651 cal BP, Austin Phase) and beginning of the Late Prehistoric Toyah (650–300 cal BP) (Lohse, 2013; Lohse et al, 2014). It is, of course, unclear whether the final Recession Phase would have settled into a roughly 1000 year quasi equilibrium because the sequence was truncated by Euroamerican colonialism.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Repeated long-term population growth overshoots and recessions among hunter-gatherers

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We propose a model that may explain long-term population growth and decline events among human populations: The intensification of production generates a tradeoff between the adaptive capacity of individuals to generate a surplus of energy to maximize their fitness in the short-run and the long-term capacity of a population as a whole to experience a smooth transition into a demographic equilibrium. The model reconciles the conflicting insights of dynamic systems models of human population change, and we conduct a preliminary test of this model’s implications in Central Texas by developing time-series that estimate changes in human population density, modeled ecosystem productivity, human diet, and labor over the last 12,500 years. Our analysis indicates that Texas hunter-gatherers experienced three long-term population growth overshoots and recessions into quasi equilibria. Evidence indicates that each of these overshoots and recessions associate with changes in diet and labor devoted to processing high density, lower quality resources to unlock calories and nutrients. Over the long-term, population recessions may be necessary for populations to experiment with social and physical infrastructure changes that raise the carrying capacity of their environment.

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“…Diagnostic tool types for the early part of this period include Clovis and Folsom points, both of which are defined by sophisticated fluting techniques. Fluted points eventually gave way to other forms including San Patrice, Dalton, Scottsbluff, St. Mary's Hall, and others (Lohse 2013;Ricklis 2004).…”

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Mechanical Trenching Cultural Resources Survey: Proposed Emergency Bridge Repair at Peek Road Bridge City of Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas

Jalbert¹,

Hogan²

2019

ITA

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Terracon Consultants, Inc. (Terracon) was retained by CivilTech Engineering, Inc. (Client) to conduct a mechanical trenching survey along the embankment slopes of Buffalo Bayou at Peek Road, the location of proposed emergency bridge repair in Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas. Since the proposed undertaking will occur on land owned or controlled by a political subdivision of the State of Texas, and because funding for this project will come, in part, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) this project required compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; Title 44, Part 10 CFR) and was subject to the Antiquities Code of Texas (Texas Natural Resources Code, Title 9, Chapter 191). This project was conducted under Antiquities Permit #8904. The proposed project area comprises an area approximately 200 feet wide, from high bank to high bank, and approximately 2,000 linear feet, consisting of 1,000 feet each upstream and downstream from the Peek Road bridge crossing (approximately nine acres). Terracon archeologists monitored the excavation of eight (8) trenches to the anticipated depth of impact (approximately five feet or one to two meters). One isolated find (a chert flake) was encountered during trenching. This artifact was recorded on site and not collected. Fieldwork was conducted between May 21 and May 23, 2019 by Jenni Hatchett Kimbell (Principal Investigator), Catherine Jalbert (Project Archeologist), and Michael Hogan (Staff Archeologist). The report was authored by Catherine Jalbert and Michael Hogan. Given the absence of known archeological sites within the proposed project area, Terracon recommends no additional cultural studies are warranted at this time. In the event that human remains, historic properties, or buried cultural materials are encountered during construction or disturbance activities, work should cease in the immediate area but can continue where no cultural materials are present. Terracon, the THC’s Archeology Division, or other proper authorities should be contacted.

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Underwater Archaeology at 41HY147, the Terrace Locality at Spring Lake

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Isotope paleoecology of episodic mid-to-late Holocene bison population expansions in the Southern Plains, U.S.A.

Isotope paleoecology of episodic mid-to-late Holocene bison population expansions in the Southern Plains, U.S.A.

Repeated long-term population growth overshoots and recessions among hunter-gatherers

Mechanical Trenching Cultural Resources Survey: Proposed Emergency Bridge Repair at Peek Road Bridge City of Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas

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