Introduction to the Headwaters Site, New Braunfels, Texas

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

From mid October 2018 to early April 2019, archaeologists from AmaTerra Environmental, Inc., Texas State University and the Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio conducted data recovery excavations at the Headwaters Site (41CM204), in New Braunfels, Texas. The Headwaters Site is located on a deeply stratified terrace adjacent to Comal Spring, which is the headwater for the Comal River. This perpetual source of water provided and attracted numerous resources for prehistoric peoples in Central Texas, who used the site more or less continuously for at least the last 8,000 years. As such, the remains of such habitations are embedded in the landscape, and excellently preserved. This paper presents the initial results from the excavations at the Headwaters Site, including the 25+ hot-rock cooking features, knapping debris dumps, stone tools, faunal remains, and unique artifacts recovered from the site.

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• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33069