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An Epic Battle Over A Rock, Steve Hartman

Indian Head Rock Project

CBS article on the legal dispute over the Indian Head Rock on March 28, 2008.

Fight Over Boulder Known As Indian Head Rock Is Escalating, Associated Press

Indian Head Rock Project

Article submitted by the Associated Press on the legal implications associated with the removal of Indian Head Rock from March 13, 2008.

Grand Jury To Hear Evidence In Rock Fight, Kenneth Hart

Indian Head Rock Project

Article in the Ashland Daily Independent on the legal dispute over Indian Head Rock, published on March 7, 2008.

Between States, Hard Feelings Over A Rock’S Place, Dan Barry

Indian Head Rock Project

Article published in the New York Times on the dispute over Indian Head Rock from February 11, 2008.

Kentucky's Feathers Ruffled Over Boulder, Jim Siegel

Indian Head Rock Project

Article published in the Columbus Dispatch on the dispute over Indian Head Rock from January 30, 2008.

'Indian Head' Boulder Sparks Kentucky-Ohio Rift, Joe Biesk

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Ahsland Daily Independent on the political backlash of the removal of Indian Head Rock from January 28, 2008.

Lawmaker Wants Rock Returned To Ky. Claims State Was 'Raided' To Get Boulder, Joe Biesk

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Lexington Herald-Leader on January 28, 2008 related to the removal of the Indian Head Rock.

Kentucky Legislature Hr12 08rs, Kentucky State House Of Representatives

Indian Head Rock Project

Kentucky State House bill HR12 08RS condemning the removal of Indian Head Rock from the Ohio River on January 22, 2008.

Comments On The Portsmouth “Indian Head” Rock, Robert F. Maslowski

Indian Head Rock Project

Report issued by Robert F. Maslowski on the history of Indian Head Rock and its status as an "object of antiquity" and relation to Portsmouth, Ohio.

An Analysis Of The Face Of Indian's Head Rock, Fred E. Coy Iii

Indian Head Rock Project

Article published in volume 13, no. 1 (2008) of the Eastern States Rock Art Research Association Newsletter by Fred E. Coy III on the history of Indian's Head Rock.

Sandstone And Chisel: Three Historic Ohio "Indian" Rock Carvings, James L. Murphy

Indian Head Rock Project

Article by James L. Murphy on the Indian Head Rock published in the Ohio Archaeologist volume 58, Number 4 (2008), pages 4 to 9.

Indian Head Rock After Cleaning, Unknown.

Indian Head Rock Project

Indian Head Rock after cleaning circa 2008.

Photograph - Indian Head Rock, 2008, Unknown.

Indian Head Rock Project

Photograph of Indian Head Rock circa 2008.

Cultural Resources Survey At Old Velaso Townsite, 41bo125 Brazoria County, Texas, Andrea Stahman

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

At the request of Port Freeport and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, PBS&J has conducted a cultural resources survey of a portion of Old Velasco (41BO125), a historic townsite at the current location Brazoria County, Texas. Initially settled by Stephen F. Austin in the 1820s, Old Velasco became an important coastal port and military outpost during the 1830s and early years of the Republic of Texas, but declined during the mid-nineteenth century and was eventually abandoned by the late 1870s. The purpose of the survey was to identify potential impacts from the proposed widening of the …

The Henry Chapman Site (41sm56), Mark Walters

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

In the mid-1950s, Sam Whiteside conducted excavations at the Henry Chapman site, his site P-5 (41SM56), on Prairie Creek in eastern Smith County, Texas, some 18 miles east of Tyler, Texas. Mr. Whiteside was an amateur archaeologist who discovered and explored numerous sites up and down Prairie Creek as well as other important sites in Smith and adjoining counties. The Chapman site was one of the first sites to be investigated by Mr. Whiteside, and the major part of the work took place there in 1957 and 1958.

In August 1957, the site was visited by Edward B. Jelks and …

Caddo Ceramics From The D'Ortolan Site (41na299), Timothy K. Perttula

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

The D'Ortolan site (41NA299) is a late 1790s to 1830s ranch established by Bernard D'Ortolan on Bayou Loco, a tributary to the Angelina River, in Nacogdoches County, Texas. The ranch was known as Rancho San Bemando del Loco. Tom Middlebrook, Texas Archeological Steward, located and identified the rancho in 2003.

During the course of archaeological investigations conducted at the site over the next few years, a small sample of aboriginal Caddo ceramic sherds were found on the rancho in contexts indicating that Caddo ceramic vessels were in use during the rancho occupation. These vessels had to have been obtained by …

A Study Of Chipped Stone Artifacts From The Redwine Site (41sm193), Smith County, Texas, Harry J. Shafer

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This article presents a detailed analysis of chipped stone artifacts from the Redwine Site (41SM193), a Middle Caddo mound and village site located on the headwaters of Auburn Creek, a tributary of the Sabine River. The collection includes chipped stone recovered from the surface, test excavations, and arrow points associated with two adult burials. The site was investigated by avocational archeologist Sam Whiteside in the 1960s and more recently by Mark Walters and Patti Haskins under the direction of John Keller of Southern Archaeological Consultants. The investigations and material culture have been briefly described. This study is designed to take …

A Probable Early 19th Century Coushatta Village Site On Big Cypress Bayou In Northeastern Texas, Timothy K. Perttula, Bryan E. Boyd

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In February 2002, avocational archaeologists from northeastern Texas and northwestern Louisiana conducted archaeological investigations in an area along Big Cypress Bayou in Marion County, Texas, to search for and identify a pre-1841 Coushatta Indian village depicted on a 1943 General Land Office map. That map showed a "Coushatti" village with at least seven to eight structures (a common way at the time to indicate an Indian village, but not necessarily an accurate characterization of the number of structures once present at the site) near the confluence of Black Cypress Bayou and Big Cypress Bayou. This article describes the results of …

Historic Caddo Archaeology On The Red And Lower Sulphur River Areas Of Northeast Texas, Timothy K. Perttula

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

Post-ca. A.D. 1685 Caddo archaeological sites are somewhat surprisingly uncommon on the Red and lower Sulphur rivers in Northeast Texas compared to other parts of this broad region. For instance, there are more Historic Caddo sites known in Nacogdoches County in the Neches and Angelina river basin in East Texas than there are in all of the Red and lower Sulphur river regions.

The low density of Historic Caddo archaeological sites on the Red and lower Sulphur river areas of Northeast Texas is a product of several factors, the most important likely being the rapid abandonment of much of the …