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Title

Final report of cultural resource investigations at the Cummins Creek Mine, Fayette County, Texas / Steven M. Kotter ... [et al.] ; with contributions by William A. Cloud ... [et al.] ; principal investigator, Solveig A. Turpin.

Publication

Austin, Tex. : Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, 1991.

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Additional Authors

• Kotter, Steven M.
• Cloud, William A.
• Turpin, Solveig A.
• Texas Archeological Research Laboratory publisher.

Description

x, 194 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Summary

In anticipation of development of the Cummins Creek Lignite Mine in Fayette County, Texas, the Lower Colorado River Authority sponsored a broad cultural resource program that included large area surveys, site testing, historical research, and the preparation of a mine management plan, all accomplished by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin. In January 1986, the decision to abandon mining plans caused immediate cessation of all field work. A number of interim documents reporting specific aspects of the cultural resource assessment were in review and analyses of other site investigations were still in progress at that time. This volume combines the results of the ongoing field work and analyses, and the previously unpublished interim reports to conclude the publication series on the Cummins Creek Mine. Intensive survey of a proposed Overland Conveyor route produced four prehistoric and five historic site recordings. One of the prehistoric sites, 4 lFY 442, was tested and three historic sites were further investigated by subsurface tests, archival research, and informant interviews. Survey of a segment of the Winchester to Salem transmission line, scheduled for rerouting, resulted in a recommendation for further work at known sites 41FY327 and 41FY336, and newly recorded 41FY457. Only 41FY336 had been tested prior to the cessation of field work. The final small area survey along a proposed reroute of county roads 112 and 114 in the hamlet of Waldeck resulted in Texas Historical Commission mandated testing of four totally demolished historic structures: a gin, a smithy, a school, and a house. The testing of three historic sites in the Overland Conveyor Corridor, four in the Waldeck community, and one isolated tenant house is reported in Section 3. None of these sites merit National Register of Historic Places status as entities but all contribute information about early lifeways in Fayette County. The bulk of the relevant data was acquired through archival research and informant interviews; the contribution of subsurface testing was negligible except in the case of 4 lFY 413, the tenant house. Section 4 details the results of testing at four of the ten prehistoric sites that were scheduled for field investigation in 1985-1986: 41FY264, 41FY336, 41FY362, and 41FY442. Additional data collection at 41FY362 was in progress when the project was terminated, leaving the site only partially excavated. Testing of the other three was completed and no further work was recommended. Although a mine management plan is in place and a National Register of Historic Places District established for the Cummins Creek mine, all work accomplished to date and all recommendations for further investigation will require reevaluation if and when mine development resumes.

Series Statement

Studies in archeology / Texas Archeological Research Laboratory ; 11

Uniform Title

Studies in archeology (Austin, Tex.) ; 11.

Alternative Title

Cummins Creek.

Subject

• Archaeological surveying > Fayette County
• Archaeology and history > Fayette County
• Indians of North America > Fayette County > Antiquities
• Fayette County (Tex.) > Antiquities
• Cummins Creek Mine (Tex.)

Note

• Spine title: Cummins Creek.
• "Texas Antiquities permit 533." "533" from label on t.p. Label covers "339 and 533."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-194).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Cultural resource surveys -- Historic site testing -- Prehistoric site testing -- Summary and conclusions.

OCLC

29267764

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Harvard Library