Prehistoric Research Context for Camp Bullis and Fort Sam Houston, Bexar and Comal Counties, Texas

Summary

This document provides a framework for archeological research, evaluation of significance, and determination of the potential National Register eligibility of prehistoric archeological sites on the U.S. Army property at Camp Bullis and Fort Sam Houston in Bexar and Comal counties, Texas. These installations are in the Salado and Cibolo creek drainage basins and encompass ca. 28,000 and 3,400 acres, respectively. Over the past 30 years, a number of archeological investigations in these basins have produced data on the environment, culture history, and types of sites in this region. Pertinent questions for the area are grouped into seven broad research domains: (1) paleoenvironments; (2) chronology; (3) subsistence strategies; (4) settlement patterns; (5) technology and material culture; (6) population dynamics; and (7) intraregional and extraregional interaction. These domains are linked by a theoretical framework in which culture is viewed as an adaptive system defined by the interplay between social behavior, technology, and resource opportunities and limitations. Types of sites are associated with the research questions they are likely to address, resulting in criteria for site significance to guide future archeological investigations at Camp Bullis and Fort Sam Houston.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• National Archeological Database (NADB)

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Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio

Contributor(s): Steve A. Tomka

Principal Investigator(s): Elton R. Prewitt

Sponsor(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District

Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston

Prepared By(s): Prewitt & Associates, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Komatsu / Rangel, Inc., Ft. Worth

Record Identifiers

NADB Citation ID(s): 000000325458

Delivery Order Number(s): 0009

Contract Number(s): DACA63-89-D-0063

NADB Document ID(s): 851955

Notes

General Note: The information in this record was originally migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and has since then been updated.

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