*From Calf Creek to Reed: Understanding the Lithic Assemblage of School Land I (34DL64) Delaware County, Oklahoma

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Beginning in 1939, the Works Progress Association (WPA) led by David Baerreis excavated the School Land I site as a mitigation effort before the completion of the Pensacola Dam which consequently submerged the site and adjacent areas. Since that point, the materials collected by the WPA have been largely untouched for further analysis, save for the faunal analysis done by Lathel Duffield in 1969. This lithic analysis seeks to contribute a piece of the puzzle in understanding School Land I and its consequent relationships. Situated on the foothills of the Ozarks, it is clear that this site was a place of significant meaning for people living in the Northern Caddo area and their ancestors. It is the goal of this analysis to gain insight into stone tool typologies, raw material selection, and the processes behind biface failures which will in turn provide insight into the role of the site, its households, and the people that lived there through time.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38517.0