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Archaeological Mitigation at 41BX300, Salado Creek Watershed, South-Central Texas

1987; Volume: 1987; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21112/ita.1987.1.12

2475-9333

Paul R. Katz,

Water Quality and Resources Studies

The archaeological investigations reported in this volume represent the culmination of a series of cultural resource studies conducted in the area of site 41 BX 300 in south-central Texas. Plans by the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, to construct a floodwater retarding structure on Elm Waterhole Creek, a tributary of Salado Creek, led to an initial survey at this locality by The University of Texas at Austin in the early 1970s. As plans for the construction moved forward, the Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio contracted with the Soil Conservation Service to carry out more intensive surveys and site evaluations. We began to learn more about site 41 BX 300, as well as other sites within the proposed construction area. For example, contact was made with an artifact collector who made available his materials from the site surface, and these were published by a graduate student associated with the Center. Finally, in 1978, as the construction got underway, a full-scale excavation, aimed at mitigating the inevitable loss of the site, was conducted by the Center under the aegis of the National Park Service.