Open AccessCurrent Research: Archaeological Investigations at the Shackleford Creek Site (41SM494), Smith County, Texas
Author(s) -
Timothy K. Perttula,
Bo Nelson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
index of texas archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-9333
DOI - 10.21112/ita.2020.1.2
Subject(s) - archaeology , excavation , artifact (error) , shovel , structural basin , plan (archaeology) , historic site , geography , geology , geomorphology , neuroscience , biology
An archaeological survey in 2018 of the proposed Shackleford Creek Residential Development, a federally permitted project, in the upper Angelina River basin in East Texas by Tejas Archaeology identified the ancestral Caddo Shackleford Creek site (41SM494). Because the site was only investigated with a few shovel tests during the archaeological survey, although sufficient to identify the site extent and general characteristics of deposit depth and artifact content, but appeared to contain intact archaeological deposits of ancestral Caddo age, Nelson and Perttula recommended that the site warranted further evaluation by a plan of test excavations to determine its research potential and eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Tejas Archaeology completed the test excavations in February 2019.