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Papers by Richard Drass

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains

Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Cultural Resources Inventory of a Proposed Harmon County Electric Project, Harmon County, Oklahoma

Research paper thumbnail of The Heerwald Site and Early Plains Village Adaptations in the Southern Plains

North American Archaeologist, 1987

Since the 1957 excavations, the Heerwald site (34CU27) has represented a taxonomic problem for So... more Since the 1957 excavations, the Heerwald site (34CU27) has represented a taxonomic problem for Southern Plains archaeologists. This article will re-examine this problem in light of results from a 1983 testing program at Heerwald and on the basis of a complete reanalysis of all cultural remains from the site. Heerwald is compared with other Southern Plains cultural manifestations to provide insights on social relationships during the Early Plains Village period (A.D. 1250–1450).

Research paper thumbnail of The Wheeler Phase and Cultural Continuity in the Southern Plains

Research paper thumbnail of The Hide Trade and Wichita Social Organization: An Assessment of Ethnological Hypotheses Concerning Polygyny

Plains Anthropologist, 2008

... Based on Thaddeus Culbertson's 1850 description, Alan Klein (1983:154) estimates that &q... more ... Based on Thaddeus Culbertson's 1850 description, Alan Klein (1983:154) estimates that "over 100,000 hides were shipped down to St. ... Felipe de Sandoval, passing through Wichita villages on his way to Santa Fe in 1750, reported that the French supplied them with "ver milion ...

Research paper thumbnail of Florence-A chert end scrapers from the Lasley Vore (34TU65), Deer Creek (34KA3) and Longest (34JF1) sites and the eighteenth-century southern Plains hide trade

Plains Anthropologist, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Digging Ditches: Archaeological Investigations of Historically Reported Fortifications at Bryson- Paddock (34KA5) and Other Southern Plains Village Sites

Research paper thumbnail of Variation in the Washita River Phase of Central and Western Oklahoma

Plains Anthropologist, 1986

Research paper thumbnail of Radiocarbon Date from the Brewer Site, 34 Ml 3

Research paper thumbnail of Roulston-Rogers; a Stratified Plains Woodland and Late Archaic Site in the Cross Timbers

Bulletin of The Oklahoma Anthropological Society, 1979

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Radiocarbon Dates for the Goodman I Site, 34 Cu-1

Research paper thumbnail of Boatstone and Atlatl Hook from Central Oklahoma

Research paper thumbnail of 60th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference

(2002). 60th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 47, No. 180, p... more (2002). 60th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 47, No. 180, pp. 72-72.

Research paper thumbnail of Engraved Shell Gorget from Grady County, Oklahoma

Research paper thumbnail of Radiocarbon Dates for the Miller Site, 34El25, Ellis County

Research paper thumbnail of Digging Ditches

Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains

Research paper thumbnail of Book review: Climate and Culture Change in North America AD 900-1600

Research paper thumbnail of Woodland or Late Prehistoric Burial from Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Anthropological Society Bulletin, 1980

On November 6, 1979, the Oklahoma Archeological Survey was called upon to investigate a possible ... more On November 6, 1979, the Oklahoma Archeological Survey was called upon to investigate a possible burial exposed during construction activity near Midwest City. Dr. Clyde Snow and I were taken to the construction site by the Midwest City police. The site had been stripped of topsoil, perhaps one to two feet deep in some areas. A red clay subsoil was exposed along the south slope of a large knoll. Dark circular stains provided readily visible traces of four trash-filled pits. Examination of the pits revealed fragments of bone and an abundance of charcoal. Probing of the pits with a trowel revealed that most of the fill was gone and that the bone had been badly crushed and scattered. However, we were able to identify one bone fragment as a portion of a human skull. The condition of the bone and the discovery of a chipped cobble and two flakes near one pit indicated these were prehistoric burial and/or refuse pits. Because the pits and the site were badly disturbed by heavy machinery, no further archeological investigations were undertaken at that time.

Over the Thanksgiving vacation, Oklahoma Anthropological Society member Jim Cox visited the site and discovered two additional pits, one of which appeared to contain bone that had not been crushed. On Monday, November 26, these pits were sampled by Sarah Herstand and myself. The surface of one pit exhibited human long bone fragments, suggesting at least a portion of a burial might be intact. Because no diagnostic material was recovered from the site and because stripping operations might soon destroy this pit, excavations were undertaken to recover any remains within the pit.

Research paper thumbnail of Breaking a Preservation Barrier: Recovery of Charred Seeds in a 10,270 Year-Old Hearth on the High Plains of North America

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains

Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Cultural Resources Inventory of a Proposed Harmon County Electric Project, Harmon County, Oklahoma

Research paper thumbnail of The Heerwald Site and Early Plains Village Adaptations in the Southern Plains

North American Archaeologist, 1987

Since the 1957 excavations, the Heerwald site (34CU27) has represented a taxonomic problem for So... more Since the 1957 excavations, the Heerwald site (34CU27) has represented a taxonomic problem for Southern Plains archaeologists. This article will re-examine this problem in light of results from a 1983 testing program at Heerwald and on the basis of a complete reanalysis of all cultural remains from the site. Heerwald is compared with other Southern Plains cultural manifestations to provide insights on social relationships during the Early Plains Village period (A.D. 1250–1450).

Research paper thumbnail of The Wheeler Phase and Cultural Continuity in the Southern Plains

Research paper thumbnail of The Hide Trade and Wichita Social Organization: An Assessment of Ethnological Hypotheses Concerning Polygyny

Plains Anthropologist, 2008

... Based on Thaddeus Culbertson's 1850 description, Alan Klein (1983:154) estimates that &q... more ... Based on Thaddeus Culbertson's 1850 description, Alan Klein (1983:154) estimates that "over 100,000 hides were shipped down to St. ... Felipe de Sandoval, passing through Wichita villages on his way to Santa Fe in 1750, reported that the French supplied them with "ver milion ...

Research paper thumbnail of Florence-A chert end scrapers from the Lasley Vore (34TU65), Deer Creek (34KA3) and Longest (34JF1) sites and the eighteenth-century southern Plains hide trade

Plains Anthropologist, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Digging Ditches: Archaeological Investigations of Historically Reported Fortifications at Bryson- Paddock (34KA5) and Other Southern Plains Village Sites

Research paper thumbnail of Variation in the Washita River Phase of Central and Western Oklahoma

Plains Anthropologist, 1986

Research paper thumbnail of Radiocarbon Date from the Brewer Site, 34 Ml 3

Research paper thumbnail of Roulston-Rogers; a Stratified Plains Woodland and Late Archaic Site in the Cross Timbers

Bulletin of The Oklahoma Anthropological Society, 1979

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Radiocarbon Dates for the Goodman I Site, 34 Cu-1

Research paper thumbnail of Boatstone and Atlatl Hook from Central Oklahoma

Research paper thumbnail of 60th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference

(2002). 60th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 47, No. 180, p... more (2002). 60th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 47, No. 180, pp. 72-72.

Research paper thumbnail of Engraved Shell Gorget from Grady County, Oklahoma

Research paper thumbnail of Radiocarbon Dates for the Miller Site, 34El25, Ellis County

Research paper thumbnail of Digging Ditches

Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains

Research paper thumbnail of Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains

Research paper thumbnail of Book review: Climate and Culture Change in North America AD 900-1600

Research paper thumbnail of Woodland or Late Prehistoric Burial from Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Anthropological Society Bulletin, 1980

On November 6, 1979, the Oklahoma Archeological Survey was called upon to investigate a possible ... more On November 6, 1979, the Oklahoma Archeological Survey was called upon to investigate a possible burial exposed during construction activity near Midwest City. Dr. Clyde Snow and I were taken to the construction site by the Midwest City police. The site had been stripped of topsoil, perhaps one to two feet deep in some areas. A red clay subsoil was exposed along the south slope of a large knoll. Dark circular stains provided readily visible traces of four trash-filled pits. Examination of the pits revealed fragments of bone and an abundance of charcoal. Probing of the pits with a trowel revealed that most of the fill was gone and that the bone had been badly crushed and scattered. However, we were able to identify one bone fragment as a portion of a human skull. The condition of the bone and the discovery of a chipped cobble and two flakes near one pit indicated these were prehistoric burial and/or refuse pits. Because the pits and the site were badly disturbed by heavy machinery, no further archeological investigations were undertaken at that time.

Over the Thanksgiving vacation, Oklahoma Anthropological Society member Jim Cox visited the site and discovered two additional pits, one of which appeared to contain bone that had not been crushed. On Monday, November 26, these pits were sampled by Sarah Herstand and myself. The surface of one pit exhibited human long bone fragments, suggesting at least a portion of a burial might be intact. Because no diagnostic material was recovered from the site and because stripping operations might soon destroy this pit, excavations were undertaken to recover any remains within the pit.

Research paper thumbnail of Breaking a Preservation Barrier: Recovery of Charred Seeds in a 10,270 Year-Old Hearth on the High Plains of North America