Life and death as seen at the Bessie Kruze site (41WM13) on the Blackland Prairie of Williamson County, Texas (Archeology Studies Program Report) - Softcover
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Life and death as seen at the Bessie Kruze site (41WM13) on the Blackland Prairie of Williamson County, Texas (Archeology Studies Program Report)
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ISBN 10: 1930788002
ISBN 13: 9781930788008
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Life and Death as Seen at the Bessie Kruze Site (41WM13) on the Blackland Prairie of Williamson County, Texas
Published by
Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division, 2000
ISBN 10: 1930788002
ISBN 13: 9781930788008
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. LIFE AND DEATH AS SEEN AT THE BESSIE KRUZE SITE (41WM13) ON THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY (Archeology Studies Program, Report 22), LeRoy Johnson, softcover, illustrated with B/W photos, drawings, table, charts, and maps, 2000. ITEM CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in near fine condition with tight binding. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼, 238 pages, 25 ounces XX [Abstract] The Kruze site is on the middle Blackland Prairie, on the south bank of Brushy Creek. Archeological remains come from the top 1.5 m of a 6-m-deep Tl terrace, whose human debris is mixed. No depositional stata or clear-cut living surfaces exist. The alluvium is divided into three general zones (called "Main Site Zones") by artifact and debris content. The earliest, Main Site Zone Ill, produced a few dart heads of pre-Pedernales point age, but little human debris. Main Site Zone Ill had fireplaces (mainly lacking heating stones), in addition to two human cremations. Main Site Zone Il is of Late Archaic I age. It possessed dense human debris: Pedernales dart heads (the only common tool form), burned limestone rocks, rock-lined fireplaces and small ovens, bone and mussel bits, and a very few plant remains. The dominant kinds of snail shells indicate there were open places among the trees, but considerable leaf litter and plant cover here and there. The preforms result from middle and late stages of work; they were fashioned with billets. Local billet knapping is inferior to that seen north and west of San Antonio. A mass grave with three mingled skeletons was dug from Main Site Zone Il, around 1480 B.C. The three people in it, who probably lay exposed before burial, were likely killed by Pedernales points found among the bones. The uppermost site member is Main Site Zone I, which contained sparse Marshall, Marcos-Castroville, and other dart points. A few woodworking tools are present, and the zone represents the end of the Late Archaic I sub-period and parts of the Late Archaic Il sub-period. At the times of occupation the site may have been much as it was in Main Site Zone Il days, at least near the wooded creek. Throughout the site's history, people got their knapping flint from a nearby gravel bar, or bars, and from places a few miles to the northwest where Georgetown flint is available. Amino acid studies of snail samples, as well as a consideration of the location of other items, show that the soil from excavation units where human activity is densest is rather mixed. Finally, the writer suggests that the middle Blackland Prairie was a self-sufficient region for its human denizens. Seller Inventory # 001878