Abstract
Site 41MM341 is a stratified Late Prehistoric site along the Little River in Milam County, Texas, not far from the confluence of the Little River and the Brazos River. Calibrated two-sigma radiocarbon dates from Zone 2 (ca. 70-90 em bs) range from AD 660-1190, and one two-sigma calibrated date of AD 1320- 1480 has been obtained from Zone I (0 to ca. 70 em bs). A few ceramic sherds were found in Zone 1 deposits. Based on the Zone 1 calibrated radiocarbon date, Mahoney and Tomka concluded that the latest occupation of 41MM341 took place during the Toyah phase, and they also concluded that "based on construction method and temper, these fcera.micj specimens are likely to date to the later part of the Late Prehistoric Period."
Highlights
This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2001/iss1/28
At the time of the analysis, the prehistoric component at the site was thought to date to about 1050 B.P. or younger, but subsequent radiocarbon dating indicates that the Late Prehistoric component with ceramics likely dates to the 14th and 15111 centuries
The sherds are from the body of a thick-walled vessel, probably a jar; the body wall thickness ranges from 6.9-9.4 mm, with a mean of 8.8 ± 0.6 mm
Summary
Thirteen prehistoric ceramic sherds have been recovered from 41MM341 on the Little River in Milam County, Texas, during recent archeological investigations by the Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio (Mahoney and Tomka 2001:52). The first vessel (n=ll sherds, including five sherdlets from Unit B) is represented by all the sherds from Unit A and BHT 24, and seven of the sherds in Unit B; the sherdlets are less than I em in length and width. This vessel has finely crushed and burned bone temper inclusions, and it has been fired in a reducing or low oxygen environment (cf Teltser 1993:Figure 2B). The sherds are from the body of a thick-walled vessel, probably a jar; the body wall thickness ranges from 6.9-9.4 mm, with a mean of 8.8 ± 0.6 mm. One of the carinated bowl sherds has a single broad horizontal incised line above the carination, and it is likely the decorative element consists of multiple horizontal lines on the rim of the vessel
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