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Bedrock And Boulder Mortars, Basins, Slicks, And Cupules In The Southern Southwest, Allen Dart, Chris Reed

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This article describes mortars, basins, slicks, and cupules created in bedrock and boulders in the Southern Southwest, and discusses the distribution and possible functions of these features. It defines the Southern Southwest as the region of the U.S. south of 34 degrees north latitude that includes the Califor­nia portion of the Lower Colorado River valley and southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico, and the portion of western Texas that includes El Paso, Hudspeth, Culber­son, Loving, Winkler, Ward, Reeves, and Jeff Davis counties (roughly the part of Texas from El Paso eastward just past the south­eastern corner of New Mexico, …

Cultural Resources Investigations For The University Of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio Project, Bexar County, Texas, Sophia Salgado, Laura Clark

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At the request of TriLeaf Corporation (TriLeaf), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted a cultural resources investigation for the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Project (Project) located in Bexar County, Texas. The Project involves the installation of a 432-foot-long (132-meter [m]-long) fiber-optic communication line directly south of Floyd Curl Drive in northwest San Antonio, Texas. The total disturbance of the proposed Project area measures approximately 0.28 acre (0.1 hectare [ha]) in size. The Project area is situated on the grounds of UTHSCSA and located approximately 8.48 miles (13.65 kilometers [km]) from downtown San Antonio. At its …

Archeological Survey For The Austin Industries Proposed Parking Lot Expansion At East Union Bower Road (Swf-2019-00383), Irving, Dallas County, Texas, Melissa M. Green, Brett Lang

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On December 12, 2019, an intensive archeological survey augmented with shovel testing was completed to evaluate potential impacts associated with the proposed construction of a parking lot expansion in east central Irving in Dallas County, Texas. The overall grade of the area would be converted to a consistent slope toward the unnamed tributary to the Elm Fork of the Trinity River near the center of the parcel and more steeply sloped along the eastern portion of the parcel. Approximately 6.5 acres (2.6 hectares) were examined and shovel tested.

The proposed parking lot parcel is undeveloped, heavily vegetated, and surrounded by …

Archaeological Investigation Of The Comal Isd Middle School #8 (Milam Tract) Bulverde, Comal County, Texas, Mikayla Matthews, Karissa Basse

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On behalf of Comal Independent School District (Comal ISD), Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. (Pape-Dawson) conducted an archaeological investigation for the proposed Comal ISD Middle School #8 (Milam Tract) Project (Project) in Bulverde, Comal County, Texas. The Project consists of the construction of a new middle school complex, sports field, water detention basin, portable building space, water storage tank, and associated driveways and utilities within a 14.1-hectare (ha; 35.8-acre [ac]) tract of land (Project Area) east of the intersection of US 281 and Ancestral Trail. As the Project is still within the design phase, the maximum depth of impact for the Project …

Archaeological Investigations Of The Comal Isd Middle School #8 (Milam Tract) Bulverde, Comal County, Texas, Mikayla Matthews, Karissa Basse

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of Comal Independent School District (Comal ISD), Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. (Pape-Dawson) conducted an archaeological investigation for the proposed Comal ISD Middle School #8 (Milam Tract) Project (Project) in Bulverde, Comal County, Texas. The Project consists of the construction of a new middle school complex, sports field, water detention basin, portable building space, water storage tank, and associated driveways and utilities within a 14.1-hectare (ha; 35.8-acre [ac]) tract of land (Project Area) east of the intersection of US 281 and Ancestral Trail. As the Project is still within the design phase, the maximum depth of impact for the Project …

Marine Archaeological Survey At The Texas Park And Wildlife Department’S Rhodes Point Reef Site, Keller And Lavaca Bays, Calhoun County, Texas, Micheal C. Tuttle, John Rawls, Michael Quennoz, James Hughey

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Under contract to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Gray & Pape, Inc., of Houston, Texas, conducted a Phase I marine archaeological survey for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Rhodes Point Reef Project in Keller Bay, Calhoun County, Texas. The archaeological survey was sponsored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The Area of Potential Effects for the proposed Rhodes Point Reef Project is a 129.09-hectare (319-acre) trapezoidal tract within the mouth of Keller Bay, at its confluence with Lavaca Bay. Work was completed under Texas Antiquities Permit Number 9295. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District …

Archaeologicalsurvey For The Proposed San Antonio Water System W-1 Leon Creeksewer Main Improvement Project,Bexar County, Texas, Steve Ahr, Chris Matthews

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AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (AECOM) conducted an intensive archaeological survey for the proposed San Antonio Water System (SAWS) W-1 Leon Creek Sewer Main Improvement Project (project). Initially, the project spanned approximately 3.9-miles from State Highway 151 to United States Highway 90, in west San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. In 2017, the project alignment was split into 2 segments: Segment 1 (northern half) and Segment 2 (southern half). Segment 2 of the alignment was re-evaluated in 2018, which resulted in approximately 1.1-miles of alignment which was not previously surveyed. Project construction will include the installation of an 84-inch diameter wastewater sewer …

Cultural Resources Survey For The Big Creek Channel Repair Project In Fort Bend County, Texas, Michael Quennoz

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This report summarizes the results of a cultural resources survey by Gray & Pape, Inc., on behalf of their client, BIO-WEST, Inc., of six workspaces within four discontiguous locations along Big Creek in Fort Bend County, Texas totaling 6.1 hectares (15.1 acres) and approximately 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) in length. The Big Creek Channel Repair Project calls for bank stabilization efforts at each of the four locations. The goals of the survey were to determine if the proposed project would affect any previously identified archaeological sites as defined by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The Proposed Prospero Ii Solar Project, Andrews County, Texas, John D. Lowe

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On behalf of Energy Renewal Partners (ERP), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of five sections of land for the proposed Prospero II Solar Project in Andrews County, Texas. The project area is located approximately 3.6 miles northwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 181 and FM 2371 in western Andrews County, Texas, 17 miles west of the city of Andrews. The depth of impacts is not expected to exceed 2 feet in many areas; some areas will be trenched to 4 feet in depth, while pole locations will be drilled to 25 feet in …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of Us Highway 277, Chris Ringstaff

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archeological survey on August 24–27, 2020, of 43.51 acres of proposed new right-of-way (ROW) along U.S. Highway (US) 277 in Tom Green County, Texas. Because the project will receive funding from the Federal Highways Administration, it qualifies as an undertaking as defined in Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800.16(y) and, therefore, was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S. Code 306108). Furthermore, the project must also comply with the Antiquities Code of Texas (9 …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of The 8.2-Acre Wooten Parcel: Proposed Highway Improvements Along Interstate 10, Colorado County, Yoakum, Aaron Norment

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On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), AmaTerra Environmental, Inc. (AmaTerra) conducted an intensive archeological survey of the 8.2-acre Wooten Parcel as part of the proposed Interstate 10 highway expansion near Columbus, Colorado County, Texas. Work consisted of visual inspection of the entire project area, including 100 percent pedestrian survey, excavation of 37 shovel tests, and excavation of 8 backhoe trenches. Fieldwork was conducted from September 3-5, 2019, and from September 10-13, 2019 by a team of two archeologists. The Harbert Plantation, site 41CD136, is a previously recorded historic planation site located within the proposed right of way …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of The 8.2-Acre Wooten Parcel: Proposed Highway Improvements Along Interstate 10, Colorado County, Yoakum District, Aaron Norment

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), AmaTerra Environmental, Inc. (AmaTerra) conducted an intensive archeological survey of the 8.2-acre Wooten Parcel as part of the proposed Interstate 10 highway expansion near Columbus, Colorado County, Texas. Work consisted of visual inspection of the entire project area, including 100 percent pedestrian survey, excavation of 37 shovel tests, and excavation of 8 backhoe trenches. Fieldwork was conducted from September 3-5, 2019, and from September 10-13, 2019 by a team of two archeologists. The Harbert Plantation, site 41CD136, is a previously recorded historic planation site located within the proposed right of way …

Us287 Realignment, Jennifer B. Anderson

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On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), AmaTerra Environmental, Inc. conducted an intensive archeological survey of six parcels (Parcels 1-6), measuring approximately 32 acres along US 287, in Memphis, Hall County, Texas. Work consisted of visual inspection of the entire project area and the excavation of 71 shovel tests. Fieldwork was conducted from March 2–4, 2020. Jennifer Anderson of TxDOT served as Principal Investigator, under Texas Antiquities Code Permit No. 9246.

No cultural material was encountered on the surface or in any of the subsurface tests; no new archeological sites were recorded. No further archeological work is recommended …

Prehistory In The Calamity Creek Valley Brewster County, Texas, Erika S. Blecha, Robert J. Mallouf

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Th e fi ndings of a May 28–July 2, 1996, summer archaeological fi eld school conducted by the Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University, in cooperation with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, are reported herein. Th e focus of the fi eld school was on a 335-acre segment of the Calamity Creek valley within Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Brewster County, Texas. Twelve archaeological sites, 41BS37, 41BS764, 41BS810, 41BS811, 41BS814, 41BS1104, 41BS1480, 41BS1481, 41BS1482, 41BS1483, 41BS1484, and 41BS1485—six of which were previously identifi ed—were instrument-mapped, subjected to controlled surface-collecting, and limited subsurface testing. All excavation …

Csj 2093-01-010, Fm 2218, Fort Bend County, Houston District, Aaron Norment

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On March 9 and 10, 2020, archeologist Aaron Norment from AmaTerra Environmental, Inc. (AmaTerra) conducted an intensive archeological survey with shovel testing on three parcels of land for part of the FM 2218 roadway project in Fort Bend County, Texas. This survey is for detention ponds and a segment of outfall line where right of entry was not granted during a prior survey along FM 2218. Total acreage surveyed for the three parcels measures approximately 37 acres. A total of 28 shovel tests were excavated across all three parcels resulting in recording one mid-twentieth century historic house site, 41FB363. Based …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The 18.4-Acre Residences At Bastrop Tract, Wyldwood, Bastrop County, Texas, Jeffrey D. Owens, Jesse O. Dalton

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Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) was selected by the Mason Joseph Company, Inc. (MJC) on behalf of a private real estate developer to conduct a cultural resources inventory survey and assessment for the proposed development of the approximately 7.4-hectare (18.4-acre) Residences at Bastrop tract in western Bastrop County, Texas. The proposed tract is located off the southwestern side of State Highway (SH) 71 (a.k.a. Farm-to-Market Road [FM] 384 and Union Chapel Road approximately 0.5 kilometer (0.3 mile) northwest of its intersection with FM 339 (a.k.a. Still Forest Drive) within the rural community of Wyldwood. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) …

The 2014 And 2015 Archeological Surveys And 2018 Testing Of The Arsenal Block For The Elysian Viaduct Bridge Replacement Project In Houston, Harris County, Texas, Douglas K. Boyd, Aaron R. Norment, Damon A. Burden, John E. Dockall

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This report documents the results of three separate but related projects—two cultural resources surveys and testing at one historic site. All three project areas are within the Elysian Viaduct project corridor just northeast of downtown Houston, Harris County, Texas. The work was undertaken as part of the Elysian Viaduct Bridge Replacement Project sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation, and Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted these archeological field investigations in 2014, 2015, and 2018. The Texas Historical Commission authorized these investigations under Texas Antiquities Permit Nos. 6985, 7329, and 7637.

The 2014 survey included six Gradall trenches within a 1,066-ft-long …

New Hope Drive, Joey O' Keefe

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On April 13 and 14, 2020, aci consulting conducted a cultural resources survey for the proposed New Hope Drive in Williamson County, Texas. New Hope Drive would expand CR 272 between Ronald Reagan Boulevard and CR 175 in Cedar Park, Williamson County, Texas. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) for this project is approximately 1.76 (2.83 kilometers) miles in total length and includes approximately 0.62 (0.99 kilometer) mile of existing right of way (ROW) for CR 272. The remaining approximately 1.14 (1.83 kilometers) miles would be construction of new ROW where no road currently exists. The expansion includes four lanes …

Proposed Dallas West End Square Park City Of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, Jennifer Hatchett Kimbell, Michael Hogan, Catherine Jalbert

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Terracon Consultants, Inc. (Terracon) was retained by the Dallas Park and Recreation Department (Client) to conduct a mechanical trenching survey at 607 Corbin Street, the location of the proposed West End Square Park in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. This location is within the Westend National Register Historic District, designated in 1978. Since the proposed undertaking will occur on land owned or controlled by a political subdivision of the State of Texas, this project was subject to the Antiquities Code of Texas (Texas Natural Resources Code, Title 9, Chapter 191). This project was conducted under Antiquities Permit #9218. Jenni Kimbell served …

Intensive Archeological Survey For Proposed Improvements To Us Highway 79 From West Of Interstate 45 To West Of Fm 1512 Leon County, Scotty Moore

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The Texas Department of Transportation proposes to widen United States Highway (US) 79 from approximately 0.3 miles (0.5 kilometers) west of Interstate Highway (IH) 45 to approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers) west of Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 1512 in Leon County, Texas. The project extends from the town of Buffalo to just west of the town of Jewett. Proposed improvements include the widening of the existing two-lane US 79 roadway to a four-lane divided highway.

The proposed project is approximately 10.3 miles (16.6 kilometers) long and has a typical width of roughly 200 to 315 feet (61.0 to 96.0 meters), covering …

Cultural Resources Survey For The Big Creek Channel Repair Project In Fort Bend County, Texas, Michael Quennoz

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This report summarizes the results of a cultural resources survey by Gray & Pape, Inc., on behalf of their client, BIO-WEST, Inc., of six workspaces within four discontiguous locations along Big Creek in Fort Bend County, Texas totaling 6.1 hectares (15.1 acres) and approximately 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) in length. The Big Creek Channel Repair Project calls for bank stabilization efforts at each of the four locations. The goals of the survey were to determine if the proposed project would affect any previously identified archaeological sites as defined by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The Legacy Austin Tract, Austin, Travis County, Texas, Jeffrey D. Owens, Jesse O. Dalton

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Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) was selected by ECS Southwest, LP (ECS) on behalf of a private real estate developer to conduct a cultural resources inventory and assessment of potential US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jurisdictional areas within a 14.7-hectare (36.4-acre) proposed development tract in Austin, Travis County, Texas. The tract is located at the southeastern corner of Parmer Lane (a.k.a. Farm-to-Market Road [FM] 734) and East Yager Lane, and an unnamed tributary of Harris Branch flows southeastward across the tract. The proposed undertaking is located on private property and would be privately funded. However, the developer has proposed …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The Messinger Tract, Austin, Travis County, Texas, Jeffrey D. Owens, Kathryn Nunez, Jesse O. Dalton

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) was selected by MileStone Community Builders, LLC (MileStone) to conduct a cultural resources inventory and assessment of potential US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jurisdictional areas within a 11.0-hectare (27.2-acre) proposed development tract in southern Austin, Travis County, Texas. The tract is located a short distance south of West Slaughter Lane and is bounded on the east by David Moore Drive, on the west by Bilbook Place, and on the north by the southern end of Swansons Ranch Road. A large homestead complex is located in the eastern and southern portions of the tract. An …

Cultural Resources Inventory Of 60.2 Acres For The Proposed El Paso Central Processing Center Project, El Paso, U.S. Customs And Border Protection, El Paso Sector, El Paso County, Texas, John Lindemuth

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

GSRC personnel conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of a 60.2-acre parcel for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a permanent U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Central Processing Center (CPC) facility located in northeast El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. No previously recorded archaeological sites or previously conducted archaeological investigations were found to overlap with the 60.2-acre survey parcel. No aboveground/architectural historic properties were noted within the 1.6-kilomter (1-mile) search radius of the 60.2-acre survey parcel. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by the Principal Investigator and an archaeological technician over a 5-day period from February 24 to 28, 2020. The …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey For The Vail Divide Southern Extension Storm Water Detention Pond Project, Bee Cave, Travis County, Texas, Jeffrey D. Owens, Jesse O. Dalton

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Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) was selected by Malone/Wheeler, Inc. on behalf of the Lake Travis Independent School District (LTISD) to conduct an intensive cultural resources inventory and assessment for the proposed construction of an approximately 0.4-hectare (1.0-acre) storm water detention pond. The proposed storm water detention pond would be located off the northwestern side of Hamilton Pool Road (a.k.a. Farm-to-Market Road [FM] 3238) near its intersection with the future right-of-way (ROW) of Vail Divide in western Bee Cave, Travis County, Texas. For purposes of the cultural resources survey, the project area is considered to consist of the entire 0.4-hectare …

Studies Of Ceramic Vessel Sherds, Clay Figurines, And Daub From The Henderson Site (41cy6) In North Central Texas, Timothy K. Perttula

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This report concerns the analysis of an assemblage of ceramic vessel sherds and two clay figurine fragments from the Henderson site (41CY60on the Red River in the Rolling Plains of North Central Texas (Figure 1). This Late Prehistoric site was excavated in 1975 by students at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, under the direction of Dr. Philip S. Colee, but no report on the work was ever produced. The artifact collections eventually ended up at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas(TARL), where they were studied and documented in the Summer and Fall of 2019by …

The Garvis Anglin Site (41hp253): A Woodland Period Site On Stouts Creek, Hopkins County, Texas, Lee Green

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The Garvis Anglin site (41HP253) was first brought to my attention in the spring of 2003 by the landowner Mr. Garvis Anglin. Mr. Anglin reported “flint chips” on the surface after having plowed the ground for the purpose of planting a food plot for deer. In June 2003, at Mr. Anglin’s request, uncontrolled excavations began at the site and continued sporadically throughout the summer. Large quantities of lithic debris and stone tools were recovered along with a small quantity of ceramic artifacts. Ceramics from the site included only four sherds and one small, but complete, utility ware jar. The site …

Ralph Boston, Fletcher F. Moon

Tennessee State University Olympians

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The Shanachie, Volume 32, Number 2, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

In this issue: The 1918 Influeza Pandemic; Think what it must have been like in 1918; War-weary world beset by even more deadly illness; Military camps were breeding places of influenza; Connecticut toll; Plague entered state through seaport of New London; Hopelessly in the grip; School becomes hospital; Shortage of coal, cars, phone operators. Editor's note: This issue of The Shanachie is devoted entirely to recollections of Connecticut in 1918-1919 when Americans dealt with two huge tragedies: World War I and the misnamed “Spanish” Flu Epidemic. They were able to deal with that by declaring and meaning, “we are all …

Amjambo Africa! (January 2020), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In This Issue...

Transportation planning ...........p. 2

Celebrating Diversity in Maine .p. 3

Opinion on refugee numbers....p. 4

Jamat Ibrahim dreams big..........p. 9

In Her Kitchen ...........................p. 10

Lewiston author pens children’s book.........................p. 13

Food Co-op and MAIN ............p. 18

World Affairs Council...............p. 19

Youth Get Together..................p. 19