J Michael Quigg
Biographic Data
| ID | 5591022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Michael Quigg |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Quigg |
| SIGNATURE | QUIGG J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | TRC Mariah Associates Inc., 3939 Bee Cave Rd., Suite C-100, Austin, TX 78746 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
They’re Here
For over 100 years, excavations have occurred at many Middle Ceramic/Plains Village period sites and structures in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. However, only within the last 10 years have a few small, circular-to-oval, deep-basin pithouses been identified across parts of this same region during the Middle Ceramic period (about 750 to 450 B.P. or A.D. 1200 to 1500). Data on the few tested or completely excavated pithouses are presented, disc…
Obsidian Distribution
Eleven artifacts visually similar to obsidian were recovered from secure subsurface contexts in a Late Archaic component at the Pipeline site (41PT185/C) near Amarillo, Texas. X-ray florescence analysis of nine pieces yielded chemical results that indicate that eight obsidian pieces came from three separate sources in the Jemez Mountains of north central New Mexico. Two pieces were from El Rechuelos, three pieces were identified as Cerro Toledo R…
Starch Remains and Stone Boiling in the Texas Panhandle Part I
The ubiquity of burned rock features in Plains archaeological sites is a testament to their importance in understanding subsistence throughout the region prior to the Plains Village period. Starch residue analysis of a suite of artifacts at three sites on the Landis property in the Texas panhandle has yielded information that not only aids in the understanding of the function of these features, but also serves as a test study for the utility of t…
Starch Remains and Stone Boiling in the Texas Panhandle Part II
While the exploitation of grass seeds for food is a global phenomenon of great antiquity, there is little direct evidence for the consumption of wild grasses in the Plains. Recent investigations in the Texas panhandle have led to the discovery of the starchy remains of wildrye (Elymus spp.) grass seeds on both grinding and boiling stones from three sites inhabited by hunter/gatherers. Here we present a step-by-step narrative explaining how wildry…
Geochemical Characterization of Tecovas and Alibates Source Samples
Data recovery excavations at three sites near Amarillo, Texas, have yielded lithic assemblages dominated by Alibates and Tecovas materials. The visual distinction between these two southern Plains chert types partially overlaps in color, banding patterns, texture, and translucency. To help resolve this visual identification problem, samples from five spatially distinct Tecovas outcrops, two spatially distinct Alibates outcrops, and one gravel sou…
Use-wear and Starch Residue Analyses on an In Situ Corner-Tang Knife from the Texas Panhandle
A single corner-tang biface has been recovered from a secure context beneath a large rock in a Late Archaic component dated to ca. 2400 B.P. at the Pipeline site (41PT185/C) near Amarillo, Texas. Use-wear and starch grain analyses indicate this specimen exhibits no detectable unique function, just cutting of soft material such as hide. Although two technical analyses detect no special use, the unique context of this artifact indicates that it ret…
National Register Testing at 41BQ285, Bosque County, Texas
Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted archeological test excavations at 41BQ285 in June 2006 for the Texas Department of Transportation under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 4102. Site 41BQ285, in southeastern Bosque County, was located during an archeological survey for the proposed replacement of the FM 56 bridge over the North Bosque River. It is a prehistoric campsite buried in a cumulic soil in the upper deposits of a late Holocene alluvial t…
No Bones About It
The·stratified, multicomponent Lino site spans a 1400-year interval during the Late Archaic period in s-outh Texas. The site yielded roughly 18,000 cultural items, including some 12,000 scattered and clustered burned rocks. Vertebrate faunal remains were absent; evidence for a broad-based subsistence pattern was obtained from fatty acid analysis of residues extracted from 43 burned rocks and five ground stones. The compositions of the archaeologi…
The Lino Site
Archeologists from TRC Mariah Associates Inc. of Austin conducted mitigation excavations at the Lino site (41WB437) during a six-week period in April and May 1998 under contract with the Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division. The prehistoric archeological site was within the right-of-way of the planned expansion of Highway 83, south of Laredo. A single 196 m2 block measuring 7m north-south by 28 m east-west was invest…
A Late Archaic Bison Processing Event in the Texas Panhandle
Block excavations total115 m2 at a 1 m-deep buried occupation surface at the Sanders site, where a single bison processing event probably occurred in March, about 1700-1800 BP. The Late Archaic material assemblage consisted of25,000 pieces of bone splinters, chipped stone hunting and processing tools, a set of unique bone gaming pieces, and a single cord-marked body sherd. The sherd indicates contact with Woodland peoples and documents contempora…
Caprock Canyonlands Archeology
Archeological investigations at Lake Alan Henry, in Garza and Kent Counties, Texas, between 1987 and 1993 generated much archeological data relevant to interpreting late Holocene human activities. This review goes beyond the project boundary to synthesize the late prehistory and history of the Texas Panhandle Plains, with special emphasis on the north-south band of rugged canyons found along the Caprock Escarpment, herein defined as the Caprock C…
Bison Processing at the Rush Site, 41TG346, and Evidence for Pemmican Production in the Southern Plains
A discrete, 375-year-old, late fall bison processing event of the Toyah phase in west central Texas yielded quantities of cultural materials, includingfragmented bison bones. The estimated number of bison procured, ca.50 animals, plus the association of at least three point types (Perdiz, Garza, and Harrell) and two ceramic styles imply a communal bison procurement event of a type not previously recognized on the Southern Plains. This single occu…
A 4700-Year-Old Tool Assemblage From East-Central Alberta
Testing at the Anderson site (FdOt-1) in east-central Alberta revealed a sporadic utilization of the site since the Middle Prehistoric period. A single intact occupation level representing the Bitterroot phase yielded an extensive tool assemblage amongst a faunal processing area. Dates from two bone samples indicate an occupation of 4700 B.P. for these side-notched projectile points. There is evidence to suggest that the occupation took place in …
Social Structure At The Ross Glen Tipi Ring Site
Ross Glen is a Besant tipi ring site in southeastern Alberta that was assessed by means of 246 m2 of excavations coupled with detailed recording of the tipi ring features. Two of the 18 tipi rings were completely excavated along with seven of the 25 ancillary features, including hearths and boiling pits. These investigations yielded about 18,000 pieces of cultural material. A functional analysis of these materials serves as the foundation on whic…
Comments on the Significance of Stone Circle Excavations in Alberta
A number of recently excavated stone circle sites “tipi rings” in Alberta are used to document the continuing necessity for detailed investigations into this site type. The excavations revealed quantities of cultural material, significant information and considerable time depth which are contrary to many previous assumptions.
Winter Bison Procurement in Southwestern Alberta
Throughout the Northwestern Plains re gion, the bison served as the primary subsis tence focus for its aboriginal occupants. This fact has been well established by the great wealth of bison bones recovered in the faunal assemblages from sites in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Montana, and Wyoming. Not only did the bison serve as the main food source, but the animal provided a major portion of other basic necessities of life, including clothin…
Bison Processing at the Rush Site, 41TG346, and Evidence for Pemmican Production in the Southern Plains
A discrete, 375-year-old, late fall bison processing event of the Toyah phase in west central Texas yielded quantities of cultural materials, includingfragmented bison bones. The estimated number of bison procured, ca.50 animals, plus the association of at least three point types (Perdiz, Garza, and Harrell) and two ceramic styles imply a communal bison procurement event of a type not previously recognized on the Southern Plains. This single occu…
Starch Remains and Stone Boiling in the Texas Panhandle Part II
While the exploitation of grass seeds for food is a global phenomenon of great antiquity, there is little direct evidence for the consumption of wild grasses in the Plains. Recent investigations in the Texas panhandle have led to the discovery of the starchy remains of wildrye (Elymus spp.) grass seeds on both grinding and boiling stones from three sites inhabited by hunter/gatherers. Here we present a step-by-step narrative explaining how wildry…
The Lino Site
Archeologists from TRC Mariah Associates Inc. of Austin conducted mitigation excavations at the Lino site (41WB437) during a six-week period in April and May 1998 under contract with the Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division. The prehistoric archeological site was within the right-of-way of the planned expansion of Highway 83, south of Laredo. A single 196 m2 block measuring 7m north-south by 28 m east-west was invest…
A Late Archaic Bison Processing Event in the Texas Panhandle
Block excavations total115 m2 at a 1 m-deep buried occupation surface at the Sanders site, where a single bison processing event probably occurred in March, about 1700-1800 BP. The Late Archaic material assemblage consisted of25,000 pieces of bone splinters, chipped stone hunting and processing tools, a set of unique bone gaming pieces, and a single cord-marked body sherd. The sherd indicates contact with Woodland peoples and documents contempora…
No Bones About It
The·stratified, multicomponent Lino site spans a 1400-year interval during the Late Archaic period in s-outh Texas. The site yielded roughly 18,000 cultural items, including some 12,000 scattered and clustered burned rocks. Vertebrate faunal remains were absent; evidence for a broad-based subsistence pattern was obtained from fatty acid analysis of residues extracted from 43 burned rocks and five ground stones. The compositions of the archaeologi…
Social Structure At The Ross Glen Tipi Ring Site
Ross Glen is a Besant tipi ring site in southeastern Alberta that was assessed by means of 246 m2 of excavations coupled with detailed recording of the tipi ring features. Two of the 18 tipi rings were completely excavated along with seven of the 25 ancillary features, including hearths and boiling pits. These investigations yielded about 18,000 pieces of cultural material. A functional analysis of these materials serves as the foundation on whic…
Starch Remains and Stone Boiling in the Texas Panhandle Part I
The ubiquity of burned rock features in Plains archaeological sites is a testament to their importance in understanding subsistence throughout the region prior to the Plains Village period. Starch residue analysis of a suite of artifacts at three sites on the Landis property in the Texas panhandle has yielded information that not only aids in the understanding of the function of these features, but also serves as a test study for the utility of t…
Winter Bison Procurement in Southwestern Alberta
Throughout the Northwestern Plains re gion, the bison served as the primary subsis tence focus for its aboriginal occupants. This fact has been well established by the great wealth of bison bones recovered in the faunal assemblages from sites in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Montana, and Wyoming. Not only did the bison serve as the main food source, but the animal provided a major portion of other basic necessities of life, including clothin…
Obsidian Distribution
Eleven artifacts visually similar to obsidian were recovered from secure subsurface contexts in a Late Archaic component at the Pipeline site (41PT185/C) near Amarillo, Texas. X-ray florescence analysis of nine pieces yielded chemical results that indicate that eight obsidian pieces came from three separate sources in the Jemez Mountains of north central New Mexico. Two pieces were from El Rechuelos, three pieces were identified as Cerro Toledo R…
Geochemical Characterization of Tecovas and Alibates Source Samples
Data recovery excavations at three sites near Amarillo, Texas, have yielded lithic assemblages dominated by Alibates and Tecovas materials. The visual distinction between these two southern Plains chert types partially overlaps in color, banding patterns, texture, and translucency. To help resolve this visual identification problem, samples from five spatially distinct Tecovas outcrops, two spatially distinct Alibates outcrops, and one gravel sou…
Caprock Canyonlands Archeology
Archeological investigations at Lake Alan Henry, in Garza and Kent Counties, Texas, between 1987 and 1993 generated much archeological data relevant to interpreting late Holocene human activities. This review goes beyond the project boundary to synthesize the late prehistory and history of the Texas Panhandle Plains, with special emphasis on the north-south band of rugged canyons found along the Caprock Escarpment, herein defined as the Caprock C…
A 4700-Year-Old Tool Assemblage From East-Central Alberta
Testing at the Anderson site (FdOt-1) in east-central Alberta revealed a sporadic utilization of the site since the Middle Prehistoric period. A single intact occupation level representing the Bitterroot phase yielded an extensive tool assemblage amongst a faunal processing area. Dates from two bone samples indicate an occupation of 4700 B.P. for these side-notched projectile points. There is evidence to suggest that the occupation took place in …
Winter Bison Procurement in Southwestern Alberta
Throughout the Northwestern Plains re gion, the bison served as the primary subsis tence focus for its aboriginal occupants. This fact has been well established by the great wealth of bison bones recovered in the faunal assemblages from sites in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Montana, and Wyoming. Not only did the bison serve as the main food source, but the animal provided a major portion of other basic necessities of life, including clothin…
Comments on the Significance of Stone Circle Excavations in Alberta
A number of recently excavated stone circle sites “tipi rings” in Alberta are used to document the continuing necessity for detailed investigations into this site type. The excavations revealed quantities of cultural material, significant information and considerable time depth which are contrary to many previous assumptions.
Social Structure At The Ross Glen Tipi Ring Site
Ross Glen is a Besant tipi ring site in southeastern Alberta that was assessed by means of 246 m2 of excavations coupled with detailed recording of the tipi ring features. Two of the 18 tipi rings were completely excavated along with seven of the 25 ancillary features, including hearths and boiling pits. These investigations yielded about 18,000 pieces of cultural material. A functional analysis of these materials serves as the foundation on whic…
A 4700-Year-Old Tool Assemblage From East-Central Alberta
Testing at the Anderson site (FdOt-1) in east-central Alberta revealed a sporadic utilization of the site since the Middle Prehistoric period. A single intact occupation level representing the Bitterroot phase yielded an extensive tool assemblage amongst a faunal processing area. Dates from two bone samples indicate an occupation of 4700 B.P. for these side-notched projectile points. There is evidence to suggest that the occupation took place in …
Caprock Canyonlands Archeology
Archeological investigations at Lake Alan Henry, in Garza and Kent Counties, Texas, between 1987 and 1993 generated much archeological data relevant to interpreting late Holocene human activities. This review goes beyond the project boundary to synthesize the late prehistory and history of the Texas Panhandle Plains, with special emphasis on the north-south band of rugged canyons found along the Caprock Escarpment, herein defined as the Caprock C…
Bison Processing at the Rush Site, 41TG346, and Evidence for Pemmican Production in the Southern Plains
A discrete, 375-year-old, late fall bison processing event of the Toyah phase in west central Texas yielded quantities of cultural materials, includingfragmented bison bones. The estimated number of bison procured, ca.50 animals, plus the association of at least three point types (Perdiz, Garza, and Harrell) and two ceramic styles imply a communal bison procurement event of a type not previously recognized on the Southern Plains. This single occu…
A Late Archaic Bison Processing Event in the Texas Panhandle
Block excavations total115 m2 at a 1 m-deep buried occupation surface at the Sanders site, where a single bison processing event probably occurred in March, about 1700-1800 BP. The Late Archaic material assemblage consisted of25,000 pieces of bone splinters, chipped stone hunting and processing tools, a set of unique bone gaming pieces, and a single cord-marked body sherd. The sherd indicates contact with Woodland peoples and documents contempora…
The Lino Site
Archeologists from TRC Mariah Associates Inc. of Austin conducted mitigation excavations at the Lino site (41WB437) during a six-week period in April and May 1998 under contract with the Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division. The prehistoric archeological site was within the right-of-way of the planned expansion of Highway 83, south of Laredo. A single 196 m2 block measuring 7m north-south by 28 m east-west was invest…
No Bones About It
The·stratified, multicomponent Lino site spans a 1400-year interval during the Late Archaic period in s-outh Texas. The site yielded roughly 18,000 cultural items, including some 12,000 scattered and clustered burned rocks. Vertebrate faunal remains were absent; evidence for a broad-based subsistence pattern was obtained from fatty acid analysis of residues extracted from 43 burned rocks and five ground stones. The compositions of the archaeologi…
National Register Testing at 41BQ285, Bosque County, Texas
Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted archeological test excavations at 41BQ285 in June 2006 for the Texas Department of Transportation under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 4102. Site 41BQ285, in southeastern Bosque County, was located during an archeological survey for the proposed replacement of the FM 56 bridge over the North Bosque River. It is a prehistoric campsite buried in a cumulic soil in the upper deposits of a late Holocene alluvial t…
Starch Remains and Stone Boiling in the Texas Panhandle Part I
The ubiquity of burned rock features in Plains archaeological sites is a testament to their importance in understanding subsistence throughout the region prior to the Plains Village period. Starch residue analysis of a suite of artifacts at three sites on the Landis property in the Texas panhandle has yielded information that not only aids in the understanding of the function of these features, but also serves as a test study for the utility of t…
Starch Remains and Stone Boiling in the Texas Panhandle Part II
While the exploitation of grass seeds for food is a global phenomenon of great antiquity, there is little direct evidence for the consumption of wild grasses in the Plains. Recent investigations in the Texas panhandle have led to the discovery of the starchy remains of wildrye (Elymus spp.) grass seeds on both grinding and boiling stones from three sites inhabited by hunter/gatherers. Here we present a step-by-step narrative explaining how wildry…
Geochemical Characterization of Tecovas and Alibates Source Samples
Data recovery excavations at three sites near Amarillo, Texas, have yielded lithic assemblages dominated by Alibates and Tecovas materials. The visual distinction between these two southern Plains chert types partially overlaps in color, banding patterns, texture, and translucency. To help resolve this visual identification problem, samples from five spatially distinct Tecovas outcrops, two spatially distinct Alibates outcrops, and one gravel sou…
Use-wear and Starch Residue Analyses on an In Situ Corner-Tang Knife from the Texas Panhandle
A single corner-tang biface has been recovered from a secure context beneath a large rock in a Late Archaic component dated to ca. 2400 B.P. at the Pipeline site (41PT185/C) near Amarillo, Texas. Use-wear and starch grain analyses indicate this specimen exhibits no detectable unique function, just cutting of soft material such as hide. Although two technical analyses detect no special use, the unique context of this artifact indicates that it ret…
Obsidian Distribution
Eleven artifacts visually similar to obsidian were recovered from secure subsurface contexts in a Late Archaic component at the Pipeline site (41PT185/C) near Amarillo, Texas. X-ray florescence analysis of nine pieces yielded chemical results that indicate that eight obsidian pieces came from three separate sources in the Jemez Mountains of north central New Mexico. Two pieces were from El Rechuelos, three pieces were identified as Cerro Toledo R…
They’re Here
For over 100 years, excavations have occurred at many Middle Ceramic/Plains Village period sites and structures in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. However, only within the last 10 years have a few small, circular-to-oval, deep-basin pithouses been identified across parts of this same region during the Middle Ceramic period (about 750 to 450 B.P. or A.D. 1200 to 1500). Data on the few tested or completely excavated pithouses are presented, disc…
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