Abstract

This review was originally prepared for presentation to the East Texas Caddo Research Group held in Nacogdoches, Texas on December 2 and 3, 2006. The primary purpose of this article is to summarize the archaeological resources currently known relating to the Historic Caddo period of Nacogdoches County. No attempt is made here to provide analysis of the data or to draw synthetic conclusions. The author's hope is that this survey will be helpful to workers in this area of inquiry by speeding access to available resources and exposing possible research problems.

Highlights

  • Nacogdoches County lies at one of the epicenters of Hasinai interaction with Europeans during the Historic Caddo Period

  • Jackson apparently in the early 1930s that an Indian cemetery was located on the old King place in Sacul where "pots were plowed up years ago." Ceramics: "pots" Lithics: unknown Hi storic Artifacts: "trade beads" found at "Bead Pond a few hundred yards west of where pots were found." Concl usion: Historic Caddo site

  • Historic Caddo site, Allen phase Research Potential: Extensive collection is available at TARL

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Summary

Introduction

Gil Y Barbo led a group of settlers originally from Presidio Los Adaes, and living for several years on the Trinity River at Bucareli, back into East Texas in 1779 and established the Spanish town of Nacogdoches not far from the old Mission Guadalupe. The purpose of this article is to describe the known archaeological sites related to the Historic Caddo in Nacogdoches County and to sketch some of the data currently available concerni ng their material culture. This information may be useful in our understanding methods of identifying Historic sites and in helping formulate the most efficient strategies/questions for future research. Comment: Park Street Dump Site is a 19'h century dump and does not have historic Caddo material; 41Nl71 's " hi storic trash" does not relate to Historic Caddo but a separate component; 4lNAl97 is not Allen phase; 41 NA23 is the Loco Bottoms Site

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