Reconstructing the Habitual Workspaces of a Middle Caddo Period Structure at Site 41FN244

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Bois d’Arc Lake archaeological project was carried out by AR Consultants in coordination with the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, the Texas Historical Commission, and the Tulsa District of US Army Corps of Engineers. These investigations were to determine the National Register eligibility of Site 41FN244. Funded by the North Texas Municipal Water District, mitigation efforts to test the integrity of the material remains of site 41FN244 identified seven Activity Areas across a terrace overlooking the Bois d’Arc Creek. Block excavations of Activity Area 3 identified and recovered cultural materials associated with a potential house structure dating between AD 1300 and 1580. The spatial patterning of bifacial, flake, and ground stone artifacts found within this domestic space appears to reflect a culturally specific, repeated tool manufacture and maintenance events that reflect habitual workspaces. My research aims to reconstruct the organization of household activities by identifying the habitual workspaces commonly used within the domestic spaces of the structure.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36293.0