Abstract
Recent archaeological investigations at the West Mound at the Sanders site (41lR2), on the Red River in Lamar County, Texas, disclosed substantial archaeological deposits associated with a burned clay floor to an ancestral Caddo structure in the mound. A significant part of the archaeological deposit were unburned animal bones of turtle, deer, and bison, along with Middle Caddo period, Sanders phase, fine and utility ware ceramic sherds; Sanders is one of 26 known Caddo sites in East Texas with bison bones and/or tools. In this article, I discuss the results of the radiocarbon dating of two samples of animal bone—deer and bison—from the West Mound at the Sanders site.
Highlights
This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2017/iss1/29
Recent archaeological investigations at the West Mound at the Sanders site (41lR2), on the Red River in Lamar County, Texas (Figure 1), disclosed substantial archaeological deposits associated with DEXUQHGFOD\ÁRRUWRDQDQFHVWUDO&DGGRVWUXFWXUHLQWKHPRXQG 3HUWWXODHWDO $VLJQLÀFDQWSDUW of the archaeological deposit were unburned animal bones of turtle, deer, and bison, along with Middle &DGGRSHULRG6DQGHUVSKDVHÀQHDQGXWLOLW\ZDUHFHUDPLFVKHUGV6DQGHUVLVRQHRINQRZQ&DGGR sites in East Texas with bison bones and/or tools (Perttula 2016:Figure 1)
I discuss the results of the radiocarbon dating of two samples of animal bone—deer and bison—from the West Mound at the Sanders site
Summary
(2017) "New Radiocarbon Dates from the Sanders Site (41LR2), Lamar County, Texas," Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: Vol 2017 , Article 29. This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2017/iss1/29
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