Data Recovery at 41HY6: Preliminary Site Function Analysis in a Multicomponent Site of Central Texas

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

41HY6 is easily identified by a large, domed midden, containing cultural deposits spanning the Middle and Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric periods. However, beneath the midden are deeper components associated with the Paleoindian and Early Archaic periods. Evidence of chipped stone tool production is consistently found both vertically and laterally throughout the buried components. This research seeks to understand how the density and patterns of chipped stone tool production and use reflect and relate to the site's function in this locality over time. This poster presents the preliminary phases begun in this investigation, including data recovery efforts, analytical methods, and explores how our future analyses of 41HY6 may inform interpretations of similar sites in Central Texas.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53982