Lithic Activity Area Investigations at the Longhorn Site (41KT53) in the Upper Brazos River Basin, Western Texas

Bibliographic Data

ID9218217
AuthorsKathryn Smith (0000-0002-7521-7875, corresponding author), Kathryn M Smith
Year2012
Volume57
Issue222
Pages91-108
Publication date2012-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePlains Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/pan.2012.011
OpenAlexW2137246977
LanguageEN
References cited19

Lithics from the Longhorn site (41KT53) represented the majority of artifacts recovered from a seventeenth century Native American encampment in western Texas. Both tools and debitage were reanalyzed utilizing macroanalysis to identify stages of their life histories. ArcGIS maps then allowed for the examination of these lithics’ spatial relations across the site. This patterning was evident in clusters of artifact types representing various stages of flintknapping processes. Both cultural and noncultural processes also were examined to determine their role in the creation, distribution, and disturbance of the site’s lithics and related features. Results focused on the roles of these processes concerning activities performed during the site’s occupation. Aspects of trade and mobility were inferred based on the site’s lithic content and position on the landscape, providing a broader representation of late Holocene hunter-gatherer life along the eastern edge of the southern High Plains

Archaeology · Art · Artifact (error) · Biology · Culture of the United States · Debitage · Geography · Stone tool · Structural basin · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Geology · Paleontology