Abstract
The McKay site (41TT730) is a multi-component site on an upland landform about 100 m east of Hart Creek, a southward-flowing tributary of Big Cypress Creek. During house construction in 1990, archaeological deposits covering about 5 acres of the landform were exposed, and these deposits include occupations that date from as early as the Paleoindian and Archaic periods to as late as Early to Late Caddo period times (ca. A.D. 900-1680). The principal ancestral Caddo component at the McKay site belongs to the Late Caddo period Titus phase, dating generally from ca. A.D. 1430-1680. This component included both habitation deposits as well as burial features in the area of house pad construction; the habitation area is at least 50 m northwest of the cemetery. At least 17 burials were excavated there by local workers after the cemetery had been exposed by land leveling, and these burials included ceramic vessels as funerary offerings, along with Talco arrow points, two ground stone celts, and a ceramic elbow pipe. The workers removed an unknown number of exposed and complete vessels, although portions of a few of these vessels were documented. Broken vessels were scattered and mixed into the fill of the house pad.
Highlights
Introduction and Site Setting TheMcKay site (41TT730) is a multi-component site on an upland landform about 100 m east of +DUW&UHHNDVRXWKZDUGÁRZLQJWULEXWDU\RI%LJ&\SUHVV&UHHN'XULQJKRXVHFRQVWUXFWLRQLQ archaeological deposits covering about 5 acres of the landform were exposed, and these deposits include occupations that date from as early as the Paleoindian and Archaic periods to as late as Early to Late Caddo period times
The McKay site was discovered during house pad construction in 1990
That work led to the discovery of ancestral Caddo habitation and cemetery areas, and before the work was done, at least 17 burials were dug by local workers who carried off the whole or complete funerary offerings
Summary
Introduction and Site Setting TheMcKay site (41TT730) is a multi-component site on an upland landform about 100 m east of +DUW&UHHNDVRXWKZDUGÁRZLQJWULEXWDU\RI%LJ&\SUHVV&UHHN'XULQJKRXVHFRQVWUXFWLRQLQ archaeological deposits covering about 5 acres of the landform were exposed, and these deposits include occupations that date from as early as the Paleoindian and Archaic periods to as late as Early to Late Caddo period times
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