Preliminary analysis of Archaic lithic material from the Murrell Home in Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Summary

In 2016, excavations at the George M. Murrell Home, a mid-nineteenth century plantation home located in northeastern Oklahoma, yielded a number of chipped stone artifacts attributable to the Archaic period. Abandoned during the Civil War, the Murrell home is currently owned by the Oklahoma Historical Society and run as a living history museum and park. Located near the confluence of three major waterways, the site lies in an ecotone between broadleaf forests and prairie parkland. The lithic assemblage includes both finished tools and flaking debris made from local material as well as material from other locales. Agriculture has disturbed and decontextualized many of the recovered artifacts, and remote sensing failed to reveal any features which might be associated with the site. This study presents an analysis of the chipped stone assemblage in an effort to determine the role of the site, estimate the duration of occupation, and identify potential linkages to nearby contemporary sites.

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• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

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Abstract Id(s): 17593