Preliminary Comments on Dog Interments from Archeological Sites in Northeast Texas: Folklore and Archeology

Dogs have been associated with humans for thousands of years, and dog interments—either associated with human interments or as separate interments—also have an antiquity of thousands of years. This brief paper will summarize dog burials in a worldwide context, and then focus on the folklore, ethnology, and archeology of dogs among the Caddo. The information for the dog in Caddo culture will be summarized from George A. Dorsey’s Traditions of the Caddo and John R. Swanton’s Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians. Then, dog interments from northeast Texas will be listed and discussed. By examining the folklore, ethnology, and archeology of the dog in Caddo contexts, it is hoped that a greater understanding of the role of dogs in prehistoric Caddo culture might be attained

Notes on the Mollusca from Site 41DT59, Cooper Lake, Delta County, Texas

This paper focuses on the information about the mollusca from site 41DT59. The author takes the information from Dr. Fullington, the noted malacologist, and illustrates how the archeologist can take the information and apply it to site analysis. This information derived from the analysis mainly supports what the authors have concluded about site 41DT59, but does discuss material not covered in the original text. The analysis is divided into two sections. The information derived from the gastropods is discussed first, and the information derived from the mussels second

Looped and Perforated Elbow Pipes in Northeast Texas

Todd presented a general chronology for the presence of aboriginal-manufactured clay elbow pipes in Northeast Texas Caddo sites. Most of the pipe types have an extensive range in time; however, this may be true for thong elbow pipes. This paper looks further at the time range for; and the variety, of thong pipes. Jackson refers to elbow pipes that have a hole between the keel and the bowl as thong pipes. A string appears to have been run through the holes. He refers to the two types of pipes as handled and holed, but I use the terms looped and perforated. Perino mentions that the perforation in the pipe\u27s keel may have been so that a cord could be fastened to the stem, similar to some French and Native American micmac pipes

Freshwater Mussel Shells: A Status Symbol at the Roitsch/ Williams Sites in Red River County, Texas?

Upon examining unmodified bone and shell from the Sanders site (41LR2), the Dan Holdeman site (41RR11), the Roitsch site (41RR16), the Bob Williams portion of the Roitsch site (41RR16), the Rowland Clark site (41RR77), and the Roden site (34Mc215), which are located in the Middle Red River Valley of Texas and Oklahoma, freshwater mussel shells were more apparent as burial furniture at the Roitsch and Bob Williams site than any other of the above mentioned sites

An Archeological Survey Of The City Of Arlington\u27s Proposed Bowman Branch Hike-And-Bike Trail, Tarrant County, Texas

The City of Arlington in Tarrant County, Texas proposes to construct the Bowman Branch Hike-and-Bike trail in southeastern Arlington. In addition, portions of the trail will be constructed within the floodplain of the Bowman Branch which falls under the purvey of the Fort Worth District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Since the City of Arlington is a political entity of the State of Texas and land controlled by an entity of the State of Texas is involved, a Texas Antiquities Permit is required. In addition, the Archeology Division of the Texas Historical Commission acts as the Section 106 review agency for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Antiquities Permit Number 7870 was issued the Texas Historical Commission for the archeological survey. Records and photographs made during the intensive pedestrian archeological survey will be curated at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin. Benchmark Environmental Consultants which is doing the environmental permitting contracted with AJC Environmental LLC Consulting to perform an intensive pedestrian archeological survey of the proposed trail. The archeological survey was done during the later part of December of 2016. No cultural materials older than 50 years were discovered on the ground surface or uncovered in sixteen shovel tests that averaged approximately 34 centimeters below the ground surface. Based upon the absence of cultural materials and the lack of buried cultural materials in the shovel tests, it is recommended that further cultural resource investigations are unwarranted and that the City of Arlington be allowed to construct the Bowman Branch Hike-and-Bike Trail without further cultural resource investigations. However, if cultural materials are encountered during the construction, work should stop in that area and the Texas Historical Commission should be notified. Work should not continue until the proper investigations have been carried out after consultation with the Texas Historical Commission

Insect Effigy Pendants

This short paper concerns the presence of zoomorphic pendants on Caddoan sites and the hist my of possible belie ft concerning locusts and cicadas in the southeastern United States. The aspect of pendants used as trade items is mentioned also

An Unique Shell Gorget from Wood County, Texas

During the excavations preceding the construction of Lake Fork Reservoir, archaeologists from Southern Methodist University uncovered a child\u27s burial at the Gilbreath site (41WD538) in Wood County, Texas. The child was from 2 to 3 years of age and burial furniture consisted of five ceramic vessels and an unique marine shell gorget from the chest area. The age of the site, which has a Titus phase component, ranges from ca. A.D. 1430-1680

Research Notes: Conch Shell Cups and Black Drink

Conch shell cups appear during Caddoan times as part of trade with other Mississippian groups

Two Catlinite Pipe Fragments from the Womack Site, Lamar County, Texas

Two catlinite pipe fragments from the Womack site in Lamar County, Texas are discussed as well as other catlinite pipe fragments on Caddo sites from Northeast Texas