Abstract
At the request of one of the landowners, Ms. Julia Crawford, renewed archaeological investigations took place at the renowned Sanders site (41LR2) in November 2013. These investigations consisted solely of a pedestrian survey of the main part of the Sanders site—the location of two ancestral Caddo earthen mounds and associated habitation deposits—on a broad alluvial terrace (450 ft. amsl) of the Red River, in conjunction with a surface collection of observed material culture remains. Other recent archaeological investigations at the Sanders site have taken place more than ca. 400 m south of the main part of the site, at the extreme southern part of the site, on a higher (470-480 ft. amsl) alluvial terrace of the river.
Highlights
The bone-tempered sherds are from the East Mound (n=3), West Mound (n=6), Area 2 (n=1), Area 3 (n=1), and Area 5 (n=2), in the northern and southern parts of the principal site on the lower alluvial terrace
A.D. 1100-1300 ancestral Caddo occupation covers a ca. 1000 x 300-1000 m area of an alluvial terrace overlooking the conÁuence of Bois D·Arc Creek and the Red River
These investigations might include remote sensing, additional surface inspections and artifact collections in habitation areas, and the initiation of excavations to sample and date habitation deposits and features
Summary
A total of 86 chipped stone or lithic artifacts was collected from six of the seven areas; Area 4 had no lithic artifacts visible on the surface during our investigations (Table 1). Scraping tools and Áake tools are relatively common in the lithic assemblage, especially in Areas 2 and 3 (see Table 1) They include Áake tools with unilateral retouched/use worn areas (n 6), bilateral retouched/ use worn areas (n 1); a Áake with unilateral retouched/use worn areas and a drill (n 1, see Figure 2h), and side scrapers (n 5) (see Figure 2b, d, f-g, j). These tools are made from high-Tuality lithic raw materials available as pebbles and cobbles in Red River gravels, including:
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