Archaic Land Use of Upper Leon Creek Terraces: Archaeological Testing in Northern Bexar County, Texas

Summary

During a three-week period in March 1995, the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted the second phase of archaeological work at 41BX47 under contract with Pape- Dawson Engineers. This phase of intensive testing was designed to assess the significance of the Early and Middle Archaic deposits identified during the 1994 CAR survey of the 147-acre project area (Tennis and Hard 1995). These investigations were performed to further comply with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit requirements.

Fieldwork consisted of fourteen 1-x-l-m test units, 59 Gradall trenches, and additional geomorphologica'l investigations. Eight-four burned-rock features were located, one with a radiocarbon date of 8955 (8655) 8545 b.p . associated with a Paleoindian period Angostura point. The results of this work verifies the 1994 findings of intact Early and Middle Archaic components as well as newly identified Late Paleoindian and Late Archaic components. Site 41BX47 is significant and is eligible for inclusion in the National Register. The mitigation of areas associated with the Late, Middle, and Early Archaic and the Late Paleoindian components offers potential to address important research issues concerning hunter and gatherer adaptations in south-central Texas.

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Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Contributor(s): Lee C. Nordt; Robert J. Hard; Wulf Gose; C. Britt Bousman

Principal Investigator(s): Robert J. Hard; C. Britt Bousman

Collaborator(s): Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc.

Sponsor(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston

Prepared By(s): Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Record Identifiers

NADB Citation ID(s): 000000326934

NADB Document ID (s): 853403

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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