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Title

Hunter-gatherer mobility and settlement in the Brazos uplands : archeology in the Calvert mine, Robertson County, east-central Texas / David G. Robinson and Solveig A. Turpin ; with contributions by S. Chris Caran, Dan K. Utley, Linda Scott Cummings.

Author

Robinson, David G. (David Glen), 1952-

Publication

Austin, Tex. : Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, 1993.

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Additional Authors

• Turpin, Solveig A.
• Caran, S. Christopher.
• Utley, Dan K.
• Cummings, Linda Scott
• Texas Archeological Research Laboratory.

Description

viii, 92 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Summary

In 1992, Walnut Creek Mining Company, and its agent, Morrison Knudsen Corporation, sponsored three. tasks as part of its continuing cultural resource program in the Calvert Mine. The Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin, conducted 1) eligibility testing of prehistoric campsite 41RT288, 2) full excavations at 41RT267, a Late Prehistoric and Late Archaic hunting camp in the uplands of Walnut Creek, and 3) intensive documentation of National Register of Historic Places farmsteads 41RT93 and 41RT302. All work was conducted in accordance with a Programmatic Agreement between Walnut Creek Mining Company, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Historical Commission, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The dispersed, sparse, and monotonous character of the artifact assemblage at 41RT288, and the absence of intact features and buried deposits, indicated a low information content, not meeting National Register criteria. Excavations at 41RT267 expanded upon the findings of a testing program carried out in 1986 by opening large blocks around burned rock features buried at depths dating to the Late Prehistoric occupation of the site. A Late Archaic component was identified and sampled for comparisons of site function over time. The hypothesis that 41RT267 was a hunting camp, occupied during the autumn by resource-specific procurement groups was generally confirmed. Large format photography and detailed transit and stadia maps of the two historic farmsteads, 41RT93 and 41RT302, fulfilled recommendations for intensive documentation of sites determined eligible based on their representing agricultural complexes typical of the region in the early twentieth century. The 1992 season completed all work recommended at these four sites.

Series Statement

Studies in archeology ; 14

Uniform Title

Studies in archeology (Austin, Tex.) ; 14.

Alternative Title

• Hunter gatherer mobility and settlement in the Brazos uplands
• Archeology in the Calvert mine, Robertson County, east-central Texas
• Calvert mine

Subject

• Excavations (Archaeology) > Robertson County
• Indians of North America > Robertson County > Antiquities
• Robertson County (Tex.) > Antiquities

Note

• Errata sheet laid in.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-81).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Methods -- Siginifcant testing of 41RT288 -- 41RT267, the Big Willow Creek site -- Summary and conclusions.

OCLC

34346184

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Harvard Library