River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 4: Archeological Survey of the Addicks Dam Basin, Southeast Texas

Author(s): Joe Ben Wheat

Year: 1953

Summary

The archeological survey of the Addicks Dam Basin was initiated in March 1947 by the writer as a part of the River Basin Surveys. The initial phase of the operation involved the locating, testing, and evaluation of all sites likely to be damaged or lost through the construction of the reservoir and associated channel rectification and subsequent inundation, silting, etc. This phase culminated in the partial excavation of two sites, begun late in May and concluded on July 15, 1947. This paper constitutes a report on the survey and excavation of the Addicks Dam Basin sites. The area is poorly known historically and almost unknown archeologically. Sporadic collecting has been done by amateurs in plowed fields, stream channel exposures, as well as some minor digging into two or three known middens, but the existence of numerous small middens located along the drainage ways was unsuspected. Since this research marks the first major archeological research done in the area, the results have been presented in some detail.

The construction of a local chronology and correlation with other areas has been carried as far as the data warrants. The lack of strictly comparable published material has made such correlation difficult.

Cite this Record

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 4: Archeological Survey of the Addicks Dam Basin, Southeast Texas. Joe Ben Wheat. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin ,154. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. 1953 ( tDAR id: 136061) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QR4XXQ

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Shell

Site Name
42/66A-6 • 42/66A6-7 • 42/66A6-8 • The Addicks Mound (42/66A6-1) • The Doering Site (42/66A6-2) • The Grisbee Site (42/66A63-1) • The Kobs Site (42/66A6-3)

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Non-Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnohistoric Research • Ground Disturbance Monitoring • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
41HR1 • 41HR4 • 41HR5 • 41HR6 • 41HR7 • 41HR8 • 41HR9 • Addicks Reservoir • Archaeological Survey • Archeological Survey • Burial Practice • Ceramic Study • Dam • Demographic • Lithic Study • NPS • Prehistoric Cemetery • RBS • SWD-GP

Geographic Keywords
48201 (Fips Code) • Harris (County) • North America (Continent) • San Jacinto River • Southeast • Southeast Texas • Texas (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -95.717; min lat: 29.768 ; max long: -95.557; max lat: 29.881 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Smithsonian Institution

Record Identifiers

River Basin Surveys Papers(s): 4

NADB document id number(s): 2145399

NADB citation id number(s): 000000008932

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