Abstract
Site 41HS144 is a Middle Caddo period (ca. A.D. 1200-1450) settlement and cemetery in the Sabine River basin in the East Texas Pineywoods. The site was excavated by collectors, including Mr. Red McFarland, a well-known collector and looter of Caddo burials, in the mid-1970s. McFarland provided to the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin (TARL) basic information on the site and the cultural features that he and other collectors found there, and he also donated to TARL a collection of recovered artifacts. This article is an analysis of the available records and collectors from 41HS144.
Highlights
Site 41HS144 is a Middle Caddo period
McFarland provided to the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin (TARL) basic information on the site and the cultural features that he and other collectors found there, and he donated to TARL a collection of recovered artifacts
According to the collectors that worked at the site, it had both house structural and mortuary features, as well as large associated areas with habitation deposits
Summary
A.D. 1200-1450) settlement and cemetery in the Sabine River basin in the East Texas Pineywoods (Figure 1). The site was excavated by collectors, including Mr Red McFarland, a well-known collector and looter of Caddo burials, in the mid-1970s. The lithic artifacts in the TARL collection include both chipped and ground stone tools. There is a 2uachita Mountains greenstone celt Áake fragment and two polished pebbles these were probably used in smoothing and burnishing ceramic vessels made on the site. The polished pebbles, both made from local quartzite, are 29-53 mm in length and 24-29 mm in width
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