ARCHAEOGEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CADDO SITE IN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, EAST TEXAS

ARCHAEOGEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CADDO SITE IN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, EAST TEXAS

The J. T. King site (41NA15) is an early-eighteenth-century Caddo habitation site in East Texas. Recent archaeogeophysical work (covering 2.5 ha) at the site has obtained unique data on the spatial organization of a Caddo settlement that was occupied at the time of the Spanish colonization of East T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Southeastern archaeology 2010-12, Vol.29 (2), p.310-322
Hauptverfasser: Walker, Chester P., Perttula, Timothy K.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Archaeological excavation
Archaeological sites
Archaeological surveys
Archaeology
Basins
Community
Community structure
Environmental archaeology
Excavations
Historic trails
Magnetic anomalies
Magnetometers
Shovels
SPECIAL THEMATIC SECTION: GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF LATE PREHISTORIC SITES PART I: WOODLAND AND CADDO SITES IN THE CADDO AREA
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Zusammenfassung:The J. T. King site (41NA15) is an early-eighteenth-century Caddo habitation site in East Texas. Recent archaeogeophysical work (covering 2.5 ha) at the site has obtained unique data on the spatial organization of a Caddo settlement that was occupied at the time of the Spanish colonization of East Texas. Our interpretation of the magnetometer data is that there are 10 possible Caddo structures in the archaeogeophysical survey area. A few magnetic anomalies have been successfully ground truthed at the J. T. King site. These test excavations have demonstrated a positive correlation between magnetometer anomalies and the occurrence of Caddo architectural features.
ISSN:0734-578X
2168-4723
DOI:10.1179/sea.2010.29.2.007