A Stratified Past: A Geoarchaeological Perspective of the Sayles Adobe Terrace Site

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This is an abstract from the "The Archaeology of Eagle Nest Canyon, Texas: Papers in Honor of Jack and Wilmuth Skiles" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper is a condensed summary of master’s thesis “Stories in the Sand: Excavation and Analysis of The Sayles Adobe Terrace (41VV2239) In Eagle Nest Canyon, Langtry, Texas” (Pagano 2019). It presents an overview of the background, methodologies, analyses, and conclusions of work completed at the Sayles Adobe terrace site excavated in 2016–2017. Sayles Adobe (41VV2239) is a deeply stratified, multicomponent terrace site located in Eagle Nest Canyon (ENC; also known as Mile Canyon) near Langtry, Texas. The terrace sits less than 50 m downstream from previously excavated rockshelter sites, Kelley Cave (41VV164) and Skiles Shelter (41VV165), which are noted for their rock art panels and immense quantities of discarded burned rock. The deep, stratified deposits of Sayles Adobe and ten radiocarbon dates spanning the Late Paleoindian to Late Prehistoric periods suggest Sayles was occupied at times not documented in the archaeology of the two nearby shelters. Low velocity flood events in the canyon sealed and preserved Sayles Adobe deposits, often as low-density occupation surfaces.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Archaeology of Eagle Nest Canyon, Texas: Papers in Honor of Jack and Wilmuth Skiles   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39509.0