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Archeological exploration at Fort Lancaster, 1966.

Title
Archeological exploration at Fort Lancaster, 1966.
Author
Hays, T. R.
Publication
Austin, Tex., State Bldg. Commission, c1966.

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Additional Authors
Jelks, Edward B.
Description
28 p. illus.
Summary
Fort Lancaster was one of the forts designed to provide protection of travelers on the Santa Antonio-Santa Fe road. Situated in the Pecos River Valley in preent-day Crockett County, Texas, this military outpost was established in 1855 and was abandoned by its Federal garrison at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. Never again was it fully reactived. In June of 1966, archeological investigations of the site of old Fort Lancaster was undertaken by Southern Methodist University.
Subject
  • Archaeology > Texas
  • Texas > Antiquities
Genre/Form
Archaeological surveys
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (leaf 28).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Historical background -- Description of the site -- The excavations -- Artifacts (Building materials (Nails, Wood screws, Window glass) ; Ceramics ; Military insignia and buttons (Pompon Eagle, Company Letters, Buttons) ; Miscellaneous artifacts (Bottles, Coin, Spurs)) -- Concluding statements -- References cited.
OCLC
2606614
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library