Caddo Lake Archaeology: Phase I of Archaeological Investigations Along Harrison Bayou, Harrison County, Texas

Timothy K Perttula,Bo Nelson,Sergio A Iruegas,Daniel J Prikryl

doi:10.21112/.ita.1998.1.34

Abstract

An important part of the mission of the Caddo Lake Institute, Inc. and its Caddo Lake Scholars Program is the preservation and protection of the unique and irreplaceable cultural heritage of Caddo Lake and its bioregion, the Big Cypress Bayou watershed. The archaeology team of the Scholars Program is meeting these objectives with the initiation of the Harrison Bayou project by: (a) offering archaeological education and training of teachers, students, and potential mentors, (b) through fieldwork and research, identifying, assessing, and designating archaeological, historical, and cultural resources of the Caddo Lake bioregion, and ( c) formulating and implementing strategies for protecting the bioregion's significant cultural resources.

Highlights

An important part of the mission of the Caddo Lake Institute, Inc. and its Caddo Lake Scholars Program is the preservation and protection of the unique and irreplaceable cultural heritage of Caddo Lake and its bioregion, the Big Cypress Bayou watershed (Perttula 1993; Shellman 1993, 1995)
The archaeology team of the Scholars Program is meeting these objectives with the initiation of the Harrison Bayou project by: (a) offering archaeological education and training of teachers, students, and potential mentors, (b) through fieldwork and research, identifying, assessing, and designating archaeological, historical, and cultural resources of the Caddo Lake bioregion, and (c) formulating and implementing strategies for protecting the bioregion's significant cultural resources
During the week-long effort in February 1998, 12 new prehistoric archaeological sites were located on the Harrison Bayou lease lands

Summary

Cite this Record

Timothy K.; Prikryl, Daniel J.; Nelson, Bo; and Iruegas, Sergio A. (1998) "Caddo Lake Archaeology: Phase I of Archaeological Investigations Along Harrison Bayou, Harrison County, Texas," Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: Vol 1998, Article 34. This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol1998/iss1/34. CADDO LAKE ARCHAEOLOGY: PHASE I OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ALONG HARRISON BAYOU, HARRISON COUNTY, TEXAS

Introduction

Preliminary Findings of the Phase I Archaeological Investigations

Concluding Remarks