A Reconnaissance Survey of the Trinity River Basin

Author(s): Jeffrey J. Richner; Joe T. Bagot

Year: 1978

Summary

The current multiple-use plan proposed for the Trinity River, Texas, in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Status Report of Environmental Evaluations: 1975 is a modern outgrowth of a long history of navigation proposals beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. As currently developed, the master plan for the 550-mile Trinity River includes four major developmental components: channelization of the river, development of Tennessee Colony Lake, and the construction of two sets of flood way structures on the Upper Trinity River. These actions are to be coupled with a variety of basin-wide management considerations.

This study is a sampling survey designed as an early planning tool in a staged, multi phased program of inventory and evaluation of cultural resources within the Trinity Project impact areas contingent on future project development. Since the Trinity Master Plan is not in the final design stage, this study utilized background data and sampling procedures to extrapolate site density, distribution, and character information for use in considering the nature of potential project impacts on cultural resources should the Trinity River Project be implemented as currently proposed.

The study included a literature search and records review, an on-the ground surface examination of portions of the project area, an initial assessment of the significance of cultural resources of the study area based on projections from the sample survey, and the estimated requirements for potential investigation of cultural resources in the project area. The main focus of the study was on determining the types, numbers, and significance of the cultural resources within the impact areas of the project.

Cite this Record

A Reconnaissance Survey of the Trinity River Basin. Jeffrey J. Richner, Joe T. Bagot. 1978 ( tDAR id: 447041) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447041

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Historic Native American • Late Archaic • PaleoIndian

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Metal • Shell

Site Name
41HE105 • 41LN18 • 41NL10 • X41AN44 • X41AN49 • X41AN53 • X41AN59 • X41AN83 • X41FT55 • X41FT57 • X41FT70 • X41FT81 • X41FT82 • X41FT93 • X41HE100 • X41HE101 • X41HE103 • X41HE104 • X41HE121 • X41HE122 • X41HE130 • X41HE132 • X41HE134 • X41HE135 • X41HE57 • X41HE58 • X41HE62 • X41HE65 • X41HE81 • X41HE86 • X41HO5 • X41HO7 • X41LB103 • X41LN10 • X41LN4 • X41LN6 • X41NV112 • X41NV113 • X41NV114 • X41NV115 • X41NV116 • X41NV118 • X41NV119 • X41NV120 • X41NV81 • X41NV82 • X41NV83 • X41NV84 • X41NV85 • X41NV86 • X41NV87 • X41NV88 • X41NV89 • X41NV9 • X41NV95 • X41NV96 • X41NV97 • X41NV98 • X41NV99 • X41WA2 Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Cemetery • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Fort Worth • Texas (State / Territory) • Trinity Bay • Trinity River

Spatial Coverage

min long: -99.009; min lat: 29.186 ; max long: -92.867; max lat: 32.843 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Contributor(s): Margie Chaffin-Lohse; Mary Johnston; Dan McGregor; Roger Moore; Jay Newman; Chet Shaw

Principal Investigator(s): Mark A. Grady

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

Prepared By(s): Archaeology Research Program, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University

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

Record Identifiers

Contract(s): DACW63-76-C-0133

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