Abstract
The Cherokee Lake site was discovered by Buddy Calvin Jones in 1956, after a terrace area along Tiawichi Creek, inundated by the construction of Lake Cherokee in 1947, had been graded for the constmction of fish hatcheries there. Jones identified a single burial and a large storage pit in Area A at the southern end of the terrace, where there was a shallow (0-30 em bs) midden deposit. The burial in Area A is an Historic Nadaco Caddo grave that probably dates to the early 18th century based on the recovery of 15 blue glass beads. This strand of beads was placed near the legs of the deceased individual. The Caddo person had been placed in an extended supine position in a pit that was 1.83 m long and 0.76 em in width, with the head facing towards the west. The estimated depth of the grave was 0.76 m, and its fill was a dark charcoal-stained midden. In addition to the strand of glass beads, three ceramic vessels had been placed as funerary offerings in the grave along with a Fresno arrow point by the upper left leg. One Simms Engraved vessel was on the left side of the body, near the foot of the grave, while a second Simms Engraved vessel had been placed by the individual's right foot, along with a Maydelle Incised jar. A plain clay elbow pipe had been placed inside the jar. Two of the vessels from this burial have been recently documented in the collections of the Gregg County Historical Museum in Longview, Texas; the Maydelle Incised vessel is no longer in the collection.
Highlights
The Cherokee Lake site was discovered by Buddy Calvin Jones in 1956. after a terrace area along Tiawichi Creek, inundated by the construction of Lake Cherokee in 1947, had been graded for the construction of fish hatcheries there (Jones 1968:4R). .Tones identified a single burial and a large storage pit in Area A at the southern end of the terrace. where there was a shallow (0-30 em bs) midden deposit (Jones 1968:Fi.gure 4).The burial in Area A is an Historic Nadaco Caddo grave that probably dates to the early 18'h century based on the recovery of 15 blue glass beads
Vessel Sections from the Storage Pit The storage pit excavated by Jones at the Cherokee Lake site is primarily associated with a pre-A.D. 1200 Caddo occupation, based on the recovery of Hickory Engraved and Dunkin Incised pottery sherds and Catahoula,AJba, and Bonham arrow points; this occupation probably created the midden deposits found in Area A
Glass beads reported by Jones (1968) to have been recovered from this burial indicates it dates to the early part of the 18'h century A.D
Summary
The Cherokee Lake site was discovered by Buddy Calvin Jones in 1956. after a terrace area along Tiawichi Creek, inundated by the construction of Lake Cherokee in 1947, had been graded for the construction of fish hatcheries there (Jones 1968:4R). .Tones identified a single burial and a large storage pit in Area A at the southern end of the terrace. where there was a shallow (0-30 em bs) midden deposit (Jones 1968:Fi.gure 4).The burial in Area A is an Historic Nadaco Caddo grave that probably dates to the early 18'h century based on the recovery of 15 blue glass beads. This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2012/iss1/20
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