Looking under the Rocks: Geoarchaeological Investigations of Earth Oven Facilities in Various Settings of the Lower Pecos, Texas
Author(s): Ken Lawrence; Charles D. Frederick; Charles Koenig; Arlo McKee; Jacob I. Sullivan
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "Hot Rocks in Hot Places: Investigating the 10,000-Year Record of Plant Baking across the US-Mexico Borderlands" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
The multi-year Ancient Southwest Texas (ASWT) Project at Texas State University has investigated numerous earth oven facilities (more commonly known as burned rock middens or BRMs) in the Lower Pecos of southwest Texas. The investigated prehistoric sites ranged from large, cavernous rock shelters to subtle overhangs and open-air campsites. Among the many observations made during the excavations was the differing preservation and composition of the BRMs in each of these settings. This presentation discusses these features and summarizes the preliminary geoarchaeological investigations of the BRMs at Skiles Shelter (41VV165), Eagle Cave (41VV167), Horse Trail Shelter (41VV166), and Tractor Terrace (41VV2055).
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Looking under the Rocks: Geoarchaeological Investigations of Earth Oven Facilities in Various Settings of the Lower Pecos, Texas. Ken Lawrence, Charles D. Frederick, Charles Koenig, Arlo McKee, Jacob I. Sullivan. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 450706)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
North America: Southwest United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -124.365; min lat: 25.958 ; max long: -93.428; max lat: 41.902 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 25106