Southwest Texas (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text R.A. Varney. Linda Scott Cummings.

The Ronsavalle's Gulch site, located on a gypsum plain between the Delaware Mountains to the west and the Rustler Hills to the east, includes both Archaic and Late Prehistoric artifacts. Radiocarbon ages from the hearths are reported as 3250 BP for the Archaic occupation and cluster at 870 and 940 BP for the Late Prehistoric occupation. Four pairs of samples were recovered from sediment in an arroyo cut near the archaeological features and examined for pollen and phytoliths to provide...