Abstract
In this article, we discuss new archaeological investigations at the M. S. Roberts site (41HE8), likely a 14th to early 15th century A.D. Caddo period mound center along Caddo Creek in the upper Neches River basin in Henderson County in East Texas. With the permission and cooperation of the landowners, we completed an aerial survey of the site to produce a detailed topographic map as well as assess the plan and profile of the mound and its associated borrow pit, and we also excavated a number of shovel tests around the mound to locate habitation deposits. Finally, a few auger holes were excavated to determine the internal structure of the M. S. Roberts site mound.
Highlights
In this article, we discuss new archaeological investigations at the M
With the permission and cooperation of the landowners, we completed an aerial survey of the site to produce a detailed topographic map as well as assess the plan and pro¿le of the mound and its associated borrow pit, and we excavated a number of shovel tests around the mound to locate habitation deposits
The site was ¿rst investigated by The University of Texas in 1931, and forgotten by the archaeological community
Summary
We discuss new archaeological investigations at the M. All of the shovel tests on the eastern side of the site and property road, including ST 5 in the mound as well as ST 9-24 around and near the mound, contain archaeological deposits from 0-60 cm bs with a considerable density of ancestral Caddo sherds (Figure 13). The auger hole excavated in the likely borrow pit (A-8) west of the mound encountered shallow very dark grayish-brown and dark yellowish-brown sandy loam sediments, some with notable charcoal Àecks, between 0-72 cm bs (see Figure 14) These sediments overlie a zone of reddish-brown and gray clay to at least ca.
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