Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Vessels from Sites in Nacogdoches and Panola Counties in East Texas

Timothy K Perttula

doi:10.21112/.ita.2017.1.53

Abstract

The ancestral Caddo ceramic vessels discussed in this article are from four different sites in Nacogdoches and Panola counties, in East Texas. The one site in Nacogdoches County, namely the Gatewood site (41NA3) is located in the Angelina River basin, while the three Panola County sites (41PN5, 41PN15, and H. L. English Farm) are on tributaries that flow into the Sabine River. The Gatewood site is on the west bank of Attoyac Bayou, a major tributary of the Angelina River basin, in the easternmost part of Nacogdoches County. In 1939, a road grader working along a county road had exposed an ancestral Caddo burial feature with skeletal remains and three ceramic vessels. Gus Arnold, working on the University of Texas Archeological survey of East Texas, recorded the site and collected one of the ceramic vessels; no details were obtained on the other two vessels in the feature.

Highlights

This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2017/iss1/53
The ancestral Caddo ceramic vessels discussed in this article are from four different sites in Nacogdoches and Panola counties, in East Texas (Figure 1)
Fine ware engraved sherds with this decorative element have been recovered from 14th-early 15th century A.D. archaeological deposits at the Musgano site (41RK19) in the Sabine River basin (Perttula 2014:Figure 14g, l)

Summary

Introduction

This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2017/iss1/53. (2017) "Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Vessels from Sites in Nacogdoches and Panola Counties in East Texas," Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: Vol 2017, Article 53. The ancestral Caddo ceramic vessels discussed in this article are from four different sites in Nacogdoches and Panola counties, in East Texas (Figure 1).

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