Documentation of Cemeteries and Funerary Offerings from Sites in the Upper Neches River Basin, Anderson, Cherokee, and Smith Counties, Texas

Timothy K Perttula ,Bo Nelson,Robert Z Selden

doi:10.21112/ita.2014.1.68

Abstract

This publications concerns the documentation of ceramic vessels, a ceramic pipe, a stemmed arrow point, and glass beads from several post-A.D. 1400 ancestral Caddo sites in the upper Neches River basin in Smith, Anderson, and Cherokee counties, Texas. Two of the sites have been recorded and have state of Texas trinomials: Vanderpool (41SM77) on Saline Creek and Pipe (41AN67) along the Neches River, but the other sites (one also on Saline Creek) and collections have not been. These artifacts were recovered from a series of burials excavated and recorded by Buddy Calvin Jones at the sites in 1956 and 1960. In the case of the Byars site in Smith County, it is not known when it was investigated by Jones. Notes on the excavations and funerary offerings are curated by the Gregg County Historical Museum.

Highlights

This publications concerns the documentation of ceramic vessels, a ceramic pipe, a stemmed arrow point, and glass beads from several post-A.D. 1400 ancestral Caddo sites in the upper Neches River basin in Smith, Anderson, and Cherokee counties, Texas
Fine wares (n=36), all engraved, comprised 75% of these decorated vessels and utility wares (n=12) only 25%
The seriation of fine ware vessels in the upper Neches River basin by Perttula (2011b:Table 6-37) suggests that the sites discussed in this publication date primarily between A.D. 1480-1650, though there may have been use of the sites between A.D. 1400-1480 as well, and one burial from the Vanderpool site dates from the late 17th-early 18th century

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Bo Nelson

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Introduction

Saline Creek Site

Upper Neches Vessel Series

Summary and Conclusions