The Archaeological Resources in the Lake Monticello Area of Titus County, Texas
Author(s): Olin F. McCormick III
Year: 1973
Summary
During the spring and summer of 1971 and January 1972 multidisciplinary environmental and archaeological survey projects were accomplished in the area which will be effected by the construction of an electric generating plant, associated cooling reservoir, and lignite strip mining fields.
The proposed reservoir is located on Blundell (Brunnels) Creek, a tributary of Cypress Creek which forms the southern boundary of Titus County. The reservoir impoundment will be approximately 4 1/2 miles long by 1 mile wide and will hold 40,000 acre feet of water inundating approximately 3,500 acres. Ground elevation falls some 40 feet from the upper end of the flood pool to the dam site, creating a relatively shallow lake. Land along the southwestern side rises more abruptly than along the northeastern side and is characteristically more wooded. The floodplain of Blundell Creek is dissected by numerous seasonal rills, drains, bogs and sloughs. Improved pasturage occupies over 60% of this area, although intermittent stands of mixed hardwoods and occasionally conifers are found along the stream banks, natural levees and in the upper end of the reservoir where the floodplain is too narrow for farming.
Cite this Record
The Archaeological Resources in the Lake Monticello Area of Titus County, Texas. Olin F. McCormick III. 1973 ( tDAR id: 447055) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447055
Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Caddo
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Historic
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Historic Native American
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PaleoIndian
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fauna
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Macrobotanical
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Shell
Site Name
41TT11
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X41FK20
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X41FK21
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X41FK5
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X41TT12
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X41TT16
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X41TT28
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X41TT32
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X41TT6
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Heritage Management
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Reconnaissance / Survey
General
Collections Management
Geographic Keywords
Brunnels Creek
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Cyprus Creek
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Texas (State / Territory)
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Titus (County)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -95.33; min lat: 32.968 ; max long: -94.923; max lat: 33.149 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Principal Investigator(s): James V. Sciscenti
Landowner(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District
Prepared By(s): Southern Methodist University
Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District; Texas Utilities Services, Inc.
Record Identifiers
Purchase Order(s): G-2324
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