Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Redeposited Projectile Points from McFaddin Beach, Texas

Summary

McFaddin Beach (41JF50), in Jefferson County, Texas is a 32 kilometer-long beach, stretching from High Island in the west to Sea Rim State Park (next to the mouth of the Sabine River) in the east. Since the 1950s, artifacts from almost all periods of Texas pre-history have been recovered on this beach. The projectile points found on McFaddin Beach are redeposited material from an offshore, submerged location. Results indicate that projectile point distribution is significantly correlated to longshore drift and hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico. These redeposited artifacts inform us about the mobility patterns of Paleoindians who lived on the Texas continental shelf. Further, typological variability in projectile points throughout the Holocene transgression inform us about mobility patterns and resource allocation of later groups on the Texas continental shelf.

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Keywords

Spatial Coverage