Open AccessCurrent Research: Preliminary Survey of the Eastern Half of the Boxed Spring Site (41UR30)
Author(s) -
Cambria Haley,
Crystal A. Dozier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
index of texas archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-9333
DOI - 10.21112/ita.2020.1.5
Subject(s) - archaeology , spring (device) , excavation , subsistence agriculture , settlement (finance) , geography , looting , geology , engineering , mechanical engineering , world wide web , computer science , payment , agriculture
The Boxed Springs site (41UR30) is an Early Caddo site located in East Texas near the Sabine River. This site covers roughly 15.6 acres and contained at least four mounds, middens, and an extended cemetery. The site's location has been known since the late 1950s, with a series of unconnected avocational and professional archaeological investigations as well as unfortunate looting. As one of the few Early Caddo sites in Texas that contain multiple mounds, the Boxed Springs site is poised to provide great insight into Early Caddo mound construction technologies, settlement patterns, subsistence strategies, and trade and exchange.