Abstract
The Chasteen site (41UR18), also known as the W. S. Chastain site appears to be an early Titus phase (ca. A.D. 1450-1550) mound center and village (with an associated cemetery) on an upland landform overlooking Big Cypress Creek. The small mound (18m in diameter and 1.5 m in height) at the Chasteen site, apparently constructed over an important building, is part of a larger complex of Titus phase mound centers at this locale, including the Harroun (41UR10), Camp Joy (41UR144), and the Dalton (41UR11) sites. The village deposits at the Chasteen site are estimated to cover 3-4 acres around the mound, and contain numerous ceramic sherds and concentrations of daub from ancestral Caddo house structures contemporaneous with the house mound. Other artifacts in the village indicate some very limited use of the upland in Late Archaic and Early Caddo periods. The Robert L. Turner, Jr. surface collection from the site came from a midden area within the village.
Highlights
This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2013/iss1/46
As with many Late Caddo Titus phase ceramic assemblages, the vast majority of the sherds in the surface collection are from grog-tempered vessels (98% ); the one remaining sherd is bone-tempered
The Titus phase nature of the ceramic assemblage is indicated by the occurrence of sherds from Ripley Engraved carinated bowls, compound bowls, and
Summary
There are 61 ceramic sherds in the Turner surface collection from the Chasteen site, including 33 plain rim and body sherds and 28 decorated sherds. The carinated bowl and compound bowl sherds have horizontal engraved lines with open and hatched pendant triangles on them (Figure Ia-c). These are likely from Ripley Engraved vessels. The two bottle body sherd have either curvilinear engraved lines or curvilinear engraved lines with open and hatched spurs and a b triangular elements (Figure 2a). The appliqued-incised body sherd is likely from a Harleton Appliqued jar, while the incised sherd is a rim (everted profile and a rounded lip) with closely-spaced horizontal lines. One rim (everted rim profile and a rounded lip) from a peaked rim jar has horizontal bmshing on the rim and a row of tool punctations under the vessel lip (see Figure 3b). A body sherd in the surface collection is decorated with parallel brushed marks and incised lines
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