Chipped Stone and Adobe: A Cultural Resources Assessment of the Proposed Applewhite Reservoir, Bexar County, Texas

Author(s): A. Joachim McGraw; Kay Hindes

Year: 1987

Summary

Cultural resources investigations conducted during 1981 and 1984 for the proposed Applewhite Reservoir of southwest Bexar County, Texas, identified a total of 78 archaeological sites. Additionally, seven previously recorded sites in the Medio Creek confluence area were revisited and reassessed, bringing the total number of sites within the proposed reservoir to 85. Descriptions of these sites, evaluations of their significance, and recommendations for further work are presented in the report. Events and cultural changes related to the project area are also summarized. Limited testing data from 13 sites first identified in 1981 and recommended for further work in the 1984 studies are detailed.

Cite this Record

Chipped Stone and Adobe: A Cultural Resources Assessment of the Proposed Applewhite Reservoir, Bexar County, Texas. A. Joachim McGraw, Kay Hindes. 1987 ( tDAR id: 89311) ; doi:10.48512/XCV889311

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Euroamerican • Historic • Prehistoric • Spanish

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Metal • Shell

Site Name
41 BX 273 • 41 BX 274 • 41 BX 277 • 41 BX 343 • 41 BX 344 • 41 BX 346A • 41 BX 346B • 41 BX 347 • 41 BX 348 • 41 BX 350 • 41 BX 515 • 41 BX 516 • 41 BX 517 • 41 BX 518 • 41 BX 519 • 41 BX 520 • 41 BX 521 • 41 BX 522 • 41 BX 523 • 41 BX 524 • 41 BX 525 • 41 BX 526 • 41 BX 527 • 41 BX 528 • 41 BX 529 • 41 BX 530 • 41 BX 531 • 41 BX 532 • 41 BX 533 • 41 BX 534 • 41 BX 535 • 41 BX 536 • 41 BX 537 • 41 BX 538 • 41 BX 539 • 41 BX 540 • 41 BX 541 • 41 BX 542 • 41 BX 543 • 41 BX 544 • 41 BX 545 • 41 BX 546 • 41 BX 547 • 41 BX 548 • 41 BX 549 • 41 BX 550 • 41 BX 552 • 41 BX 553 • 41 BX 554 • 41 BX 568 • 41 BX 569 • 41 BX 652 • 41 BX 653 • 41 BX 654 • 41 BX 655 • 41 BX 656 • 41 BX 657 • 41 BX 658 • 41 BX 659 • 41 BX 660 • 41 BX 661 • 41 BX 662 • 41 BX 663 • 41 BX 664 • 41 BX 665 • 41 BX 666 • 41 BX 667 • 41 BX 668 • 41 BX 669 • 41 BX 670 • 41 BX 671 • 41 BX 672 • 41 BX 673 • 41 BX 674 • 41 BX 675 • 41 BX 676 • 41 BX 680 • 41 BX 681 • 41 BX 682 • 41 BX 697 Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Cemetery • Church / Religious Structure • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Historic Church / Religious Structure • House • Non-Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
48029 (Fips Code) • Applewhite Reservoir • Bexar (County) • Leon Creek • Medio Creek • San Antonio • Texas (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -98.807; min lat: 29.229 ; max long: -98.524; max lat: 29.465 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio

Contributor(s): Glen Evans; Joel Gunn; Jana Hellier; Gilberto Hinojosa; Cristi Assad Hunter; Beverly Van Note; Linda Eppright Crowell; Freese and Nichols, Inc.; San Antonio City Water Board; Texas Historical Commission; Southwest Research Institute; US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District

Field Director(s): A. Joachim McGraw

Principal Investigator(s): Thomas R. Hester; Jack D. Eaton; A. Joachim McGraw

Project Director(s): A. Joachim McGraw

Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston

Prepared By(s): Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 840007

NADB citation id number(s): 000000126971

Notes

General Note: The initial citation information for this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and has since then been updated.

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