Entomology, Site Abandonment (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rebecca Wells. Matthew Leister. Sandra Brantley. Kenneth Brown.

This is an abstract from the "Byways to the Past: An American Highway Archaeology Symposium" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Mud dauber nests are uncommon in archaeological contexts, but when preserved, are usually present as a result of having been burned in structures or other sheltered features. Approximately 70 nests have been examined from sites in the Midwest, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, a few of which contained charred spiders and wasp...