Abstract
Ceramic pipes are an important part of the ancestral Caddo material culture in all parts of the Caddo area from as early as ca. A.D. 800, and there are also ceramic pipes known from Woodland period sites in the Caddo area. The Caddo pipe forms known include long–stemmed (up to 61 cm in length) Red River pipes, elbow pipes of several varieties, and platform pipes. All three pipe forms are known from Caddo sites at Lake Sam Rayburn in the Angelina River basin in East Texas.
Highlights
Ceramic pipes are an important part of the ancestral Caddo material culture in all parts of the Caddo area from as early as ca
Other sites with L–shaped elbow pipes include Oak Hill Village (41RK214), Musgano (41RK19), Lang Pasture (41AN38), Redwine (41SM193), Spoonbill (41WD109), 41SM247, 41SM290, Pace McDonald (41AN51), 41WD244, Joe Smith (41GG50), Wade, and Beech Ridge (41NA242). These sites, in the Sabine, Neches, and Angelina River basins, have Middle Caddo period occupations, which is when the distinctive L–shaped elbow pipes appear to have begun to be made by Caddo peoples in East Texas
The elbow pipe sherds from the Lake Sam Rayburn Caddo sites are from both grog–tempered (47 percent) and bone–tempered (53 percent) pipes
Summary
Ceramic pipes are an important part of the ancestral Caddo material culture in all parts of the Caddo area from as early as ca. A.D. 800, and there are ceramic pipes known from Woodland period sites in the Caddo area (Hoffman 1967:5, 7). The Caddo pipe forms known include long–stemmed (up to 61 cm in length) Red River pipes, elbow pipes of several varieties, and platform pipes. All three pipe forms are known from Caddo sites at Lake Sam Rayburn in the Angelina River basin in East Texas (see Jelks 1965)
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