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This work is dedicated to those who have shaped my intellectual development and to those who supp... more This work is dedicated to those who have shaped my intellectual development and to those who supported me through the process of researching the Arenosa Shelter faunal materials. First must come my parents, Kenneth C. Jurgens (deceased) and Evalyn K. Jurgens, who gave me examples for hard work, lifetime learning, and appreciation of the bounty of the natural environment in Texas. Jean Richmond (deceased), my junior high science teacher, provided a strong start to a broad approach to the study of biology and archaeology. Next, my undergraduate advisor in archeological studies at the University of Texas at Austin, E. Mott Davis (deceased), used the Arenosa Shelter excavations as an icon for his freshman introductory archaeology classes. He put the vision of the site as the uncut crown jewel of Lower Pecos archaeology into our thinking. In my case, the vision remained and colored my research interests for the past 30 years. Mott also encouraged me to believe in myself, to return to aca...
Journal of California Anthropology, The, Jul 1, 1977
Index of Texas archaeology, 1976
Two Petroglyph Sites in Lincoln County, Nebraska. In: Four Rock Art Studies, William Clewlow, Jr., Editor
Preliminary Report On the Tortuga Flat Site: a Protohistoric Campsite in Southern Texas
Initial Study of a Prehistoric Ceramic Tradition in Southern Texas
Plains Anthropologist, 1971
... The distribution of the coastal Rockport sandy-paste ware is also shown, as is the extent of ... more ... The distribution of the coastal Rockport sandy-paste ware is also shown, as is the extent of the Brownsville Complex. ... remaining sites are situated along creeks which drain into the Nueces; one site is in the far western part of the county, near the boundary with Maverick County. ...
Review and Discussion of Great Basin Projectile Points: Forms and Chronology
The Colossi of Memnon Revisited
Science, Dec 21, 1973
... 84. J. H. Koeman, JH Pennings, JJM De Goeij, PS Tjioe, PM Olindo, J. Hopcraft, J. Appl. ... p... more ... 84. J. H. Koeman, JH Pennings, JJM De Goeij, PS Tjioe, PM Olindo, J. Hopcraft, J. Appl. ... problem,we used neutron activation analysis to obtain elemental composition patterns of samples from the colossi which could be compared with the composition patterns of sam-ples from ...
Great Basin Projectile Points: Forms and Chronology
An academic directory and search engine.
Archaeological Assessment of Cultural Resources On the Felder-McLean Leases
Saltpeter in a Prehistoric Southwest Texas Rockshelter: a Geologist's View In 1907
Index of Texas archaeology, 1976
The papers published in this volume were presented at a symposium entitled "The Texas Archaic 11 ... more The papers published in this volume were presented at a symposium entitled "The Texas Archaic 11 ~ held in San Antonio on November 2, 1975, during the annual meeting of the Texas. Archeological Society. Of those papers delivered during this symposium, only one, "Archaic Diets and Food Economies" (by V. M. Bryant, Jr.), is not presently available for publication. The present format has been utilized to insure rapid and economical publication of the symposium papers. The papers are primarily status reports, describing the current state of regional knowledge of the Archaic or dealing with specific aspects of the Archaic lifeway. As such, they are primarily designed to stimulate discussion and future research. They provide professional archaeologists interested in Texas archaeology with data and interpretations more recent than those contained in the 1n;ttiaduc.:t.o~y Handbook ofi Texa.o A~eheology (Suhm, Krieger and Jelks 1954) and the subsequent review of Texas archaeology published as volume 29 of the Bu.tee.tln ofi the Texa.o Alichealog~eal. Soc.,i,e,ty (1958). It is also hoped that these papers will help to introduce the growing number of amateur archaeologists in Texas to the many problems of the State's prehistory still remaining to be solved. It will take the concerted and collaborative efforts of both professionals and amateurs to come up with the solutions.
Some Additional Data On the Thermal Alteration of Siliceous Stone
Chipped Stone Tools in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico: Their Procurement, Production and Use
American Antiquity, Jul 1, 1989
Indians of the Upper Texas Coast. Lawrence E. Aten. Academic Press, New York, 1983. xiii + 370 pp., illus., biblio., index. $39.50 (cloth)
American Antiquity, Jul 1, 1985
Furthermore, other factors explain the distribution of dated sites as well as or better than the ... more Furthermore, other factors explain the distribution of dated sites as well as or better than the occupationabandonment concept. For example, the A.D. 700-750 decline in site numbers is a function of the infrequent burning of sites with ceramics falling in this interval. Conversely, widespread intentional burning of vacated structures probably accounts for the A.D. 750-950 peak. The A.D. 1000-1125 maximum primarily is a consequence of archaeological emphasis on spectacular Chacoan pueblos and Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, where wood is well preserved, and on burned sites in the Flagstaff area. Systematic archaeological neglect and poor preservation account for the dip centered on A.D. 1150. The A.D. 1175-1275 peak is attributable principally to long standing fascination with cliff dwellings where wood is abundant. The sharp decline after A.D. 1275 is referable to the occurrence of fewer but larger sites, poor preservation, and limited excavation. Until such alternative explanations can be rejected, the occupation-abandonment scenario remains unverified.
Burials from the Frisch Auf! Site: 41Fy42
Texas Journal of Science, 1969
Geoarchaeology-an International Journal, Oct 1, 1998
Brinkmann concludes his article with a list of recommendations for future pedological and geoarch... more Brinkmann concludes his article with a list of recommendations for future pedological and geoarchaeological investigations. He emphasizes the need for archaeologists to explore the period covering the onset of grazing activity and the arrival of irrigation agriculture in the region. Such an approach is necessary to test the hypothesis that desertification was promoted by overgrazing around 6000 B.P. and that irrigation agriculture resulted from technological adaptations to a stressed food-production system. Brinkmann notes that clues to the cultural history of preirrigation residents are likely to be contained in the Mollisols beneath the agricultural deposits. In the next article, Brinkmann briefly describes an attempt to use thermoluminescence (TL) dating to determine the absolute age of the pre-Islamic anthrosols in Wadi al-Jubah. Clarification of the time of formation of the anthrosols is needed to improve our understanding of the history of irrigation in the region. The TL dating, however, was unsuccessful. Brinkmann attributes the negative results to the grain size (sandy silts) of the samples. Article 5, "Sites and Structures of Hujran al-Kanus (HK25), Yemen Arab Republic," is by Niki R. Clark and Jeffrey A. Blakely. Discovered in 1982, the Hujran al-Kanus sites and associated silt fields are among the best preserved ancient irrigation installations, ancient fields, and rural occupations in the project area. Clark and Blakely provide detailed site plans of irrigation structures, mound sites, and wells. Excellent photographs of the archaeological features accompany the site plans. However, the reader is left wondering about the age of the sites since no temporal information is given. Maurice J. Grolier prepared the next article, "Plate Tectonics and Climate Modification and Disruption of Drainage in Southwestern Arabia and the al-Jadidah Basin, Wadi al-Jubah, Yemen Arab Republic." First, Grolier integrates a discussion of plate tectonics (continental drift) and uplift of the Arabian Shield and its Red Sea and Gulf of Aden margins with a description of past regional drainage changes in Yemen. Next, he considers the effects of Quaternary climatic change on stream flow in Wadi al-Jubah. Finally, Grolier describes the incipient capture of Wadi al-Jubah by a tributary of Wadi Mala in the al-Jadidah basin. He concludes that the 2000 m uplift of the Arabian Shield, which followed rifting in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden structural depressions more than 13 million years ago, and the change in global and regional climate after the Climatic Optimum about 6000 years ago, "stand out as the two events, so far apart in time as they are, that conditioned and contributed most to the eventual development of seil agriculture in the Wadi al-Jubah basin." Grolier also stresses that stream capture threatens the modern seil irrigation agriculture in the southeastern part of the al-Jadidah basin. The last article in Part II, "Late Pleistocene Mollisol and Cumulic Fluvents near Ibb, Yemen Arab Republic," is by Brinkmann and Abdu O. Ghaleb. Two buried Mollisols were examined in a roadcut south of Ibb. Bulk organic carbon from the upper and lower paleosol yielded radiocarbon ages of ca. 19,300 and 26,150 B.P., respectively. Brinkmann and Ghaleb compared some of the physical and chemical properties of these late Pleistocene paleosols with the properties of the Holocene-age Mollisols in the Wadi al-Jubah area. Part III consists of three articles that focus on organic evidence related to the environment of Wadi al-Jubah. In the first article, Brian Hesse uses the faunal record from strata at Hajar ar-Rayhani to assess pastoral exploitation in Yemen during the Iron Age. Variations in the abundance of sheep, goats, cattle, and camel remains suggest that exploitation patterns oscillated during the period of occupation at the site. The next article is by William C. Overstreet and James C. Ritchie, presenting the results of pollen analyses on 12 sediment samples collected from the Wadi al-Jubah area. Unfortunately, the sediments yielded such low and erratic distributions of identifiable pollen that reliable statistical results were not obtained. The last "article" in Part III is actually a summarized species list for the botanical remains recovered at Hajar ar-Rayhani during the 1987 excavations. The list, which was prepared by Robert B. Stewart, supplements and expands on previous reports covering excavated botanical remains in the Wadi al-Jubah area. Part IV consists of a brief article by Dan Rahimi that describes and interprets lithic artifacts discovered during 1987 reconnaissance of the Wadi al-Jubah area. Thirteen localities yielded lithic material, largely obsidian but including a small amount of flint. Part V consists of two articles that describe sites that were found outside the project area. In the first
Prehistoric Quarries and Lithic Production, Jonathon E. Ericson and Barbara A. Purdy, Editors, 1984, Cambridge University Press, New Directions in Archaeology Series, $39.50
Geoarchaeology-an International Journal, Apr 1, 1986
Lithic Studies among the Contemporary Highland Maya . Brian Hayden
American Anthropologist, Jun 1, 1988
Archaeological Research at the Hinojosa Site (41JW8), Southern Texas, No. 42
Committee
This work is dedicated to those who have shaped my intellectual development and to those who supp... more This work is dedicated to those who have shaped my intellectual development and to those who supported me through the process of researching the Arenosa Shelter faunal materials. First must come my parents, Kenneth C. Jurgens (deceased) and Evalyn K. Jurgens, who gave me examples for hard work, lifetime learning, and appreciation of the bounty of the natural environment in Texas. Jean Richmond (deceased), my junior high science teacher, provided a strong start to a broad approach to the study of biology and archaeology. Next, my undergraduate advisor in archeological studies at the University of Texas at Austin, E. Mott Davis (deceased), used the Arenosa Shelter excavations as an icon for his freshman introductory archaeology classes. He put the vision of the site as the uncut crown jewel of Lower Pecos archaeology into our thinking. In my case, the vision remained and colored my research interests for the past 30 years. Mott also encouraged me to believe in myself, to return to aca...
Journal of California Anthropology, The, Jul 1, 1977
Index of Texas archaeology, 1976
Two Petroglyph Sites in Lincoln County, Nebraska. In: Four Rock Art Studies, William Clewlow, Jr., Editor
Preliminary Report On the Tortuga Flat Site: a Protohistoric Campsite in Southern Texas
Initial Study of a Prehistoric Ceramic Tradition in Southern Texas
Plains Anthropologist, 1971
... The distribution of the coastal Rockport sandy-paste ware is also shown, as is the extent of ... more ... The distribution of the coastal Rockport sandy-paste ware is also shown, as is the extent of the Brownsville Complex. ... remaining sites are situated along creeks which drain into the Nueces; one site is in the far western part of the county, near the boundary with Maverick County. ...
Review and Discussion of Great Basin Projectile Points: Forms and Chronology
The Colossi of Memnon Revisited
Science, Dec 21, 1973
... 84. J. H. Koeman, JH Pennings, JJM De Goeij, PS Tjioe, PM Olindo, J. Hopcraft, J. Appl. ... p... more ... 84. J. H. Koeman, JH Pennings, JJM De Goeij, PS Tjioe, PM Olindo, J. Hopcraft, J. Appl. ... problem,we used neutron activation analysis to obtain elemental composition patterns of samples from the colossi which could be compared with the composition patterns of sam-ples from ...
Great Basin Projectile Points: Forms and Chronology
An academic directory and search engine.
Archaeological Assessment of Cultural Resources On the Felder-McLean Leases
Saltpeter in a Prehistoric Southwest Texas Rockshelter: a Geologist's View In 1907
Index of Texas archaeology, 1976
The papers published in this volume were presented at a symposium entitled "The Texas Archaic 11 ... more The papers published in this volume were presented at a symposium entitled "The Texas Archaic 11 ~ held in San Antonio on November 2, 1975, during the annual meeting of the Texas. Archeological Society. Of those papers delivered during this symposium, only one, "Archaic Diets and Food Economies" (by V. M. Bryant, Jr.), is not presently available for publication. The present format has been utilized to insure rapid and economical publication of the symposium papers. The papers are primarily status reports, describing the current state of regional knowledge of the Archaic or dealing with specific aspects of the Archaic lifeway. As such, they are primarily designed to stimulate discussion and future research. They provide professional archaeologists interested in Texas archaeology with data and interpretations more recent than those contained in the 1n;ttiaduc.:t.o~y Handbook ofi Texa.o A~eheology (Suhm, Krieger and Jelks 1954) and the subsequent review of Texas archaeology published as volume 29 of the Bu.tee.tln ofi the Texa.o Alichealog~eal. Soc.,i,e,ty (1958). It is also hoped that these papers will help to introduce the growing number of amateur archaeologists in Texas to the many problems of the State's prehistory still remaining to be solved. It will take the concerted and collaborative efforts of both professionals and amateurs to come up with the solutions.
Some Additional Data On the Thermal Alteration of Siliceous Stone
Chipped Stone Tools in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico: Their Procurement, Production and Use
American Antiquity, Jul 1, 1989
Indians of the Upper Texas Coast. Lawrence E. Aten. Academic Press, New York, 1983. xiii + 370 pp., illus., biblio., index. $39.50 (cloth)
American Antiquity, Jul 1, 1985
Furthermore, other factors explain the distribution of dated sites as well as or better than the ... more Furthermore, other factors explain the distribution of dated sites as well as or better than the occupationabandonment concept. For example, the A.D. 700-750 decline in site numbers is a function of the infrequent burning of sites with ceramics falling in this interval. Conversely, widespread intentional burning of vacated structures probably accounts for the A.D. 750-950 peak. The A.D. 1000-1125 maximum primarily is a consequence of archaeological emphasis on spectacular Chacoan pueblos and Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, where wood is well preserved, and on burned sites in the Flagstaff area. Systematic archaeological neglect and poor preservation account for the dip centered on A.D. 1150. The A.D. 1175-1275 peak is attributable principally to long standing fascination with cliff dwellings where wood is abundant. The sharp decline after A.D. 1275 is referable to the occurrence of fewer but larger sites, poor preservation, and limited excavation. Until such alternative explanations can be rejected, the occupation-abandonment scenario remains unverified.
Burials from the Frisch Auf! Site: 41Fy42
Texas Journal of Science, 1969
Geoarchaeology-an International Journal, Oct 1, 1998
Brinkmann concludes his article with a list of recommendations for future pedological and geoarch... more Brinkmann concludes his article with a list of recommendations for future pedological and geoarchaeological investigations. He emphasizes the need for archaeologists to explore the period covering the onset of grazing activity and the arrival of irrigation agriculture in the region. Such an approach is necessary to test the hypothesis that desertification was promoted by overgrazing around 6000 B.P. and that irrigation agriculture resulted from technological adaptations to a stressed food-production system. Brinkmann notes that clues to the cultural history of preirrigation residents are likely to be contained in the Mollisols beneath the agricultural deposits. In the next article, Brinkmann briefly describes an attempt to use thermoluminescence (TL) dating to determine the absolute age of the pre-Islamic anthrosols in Wadi al-Jubah. Clarification of the time of formation of the anthrosols is needed to improve our understanding of the history of irrigation in the region. The TL dating, however, was unsuccessful. Brinkmann attributes the negative results to the grain size (sandy silts) of the samples. Article 5, "Sites and Structures of Hujran al-Kanus (HK25), Yemen Arab Republic," is by Niki R. Clark and Jeffrey A. Blakely. Discovered in 1982, the Hujran al-Kanus sites and associated silt fields are among the best preserved ancient irrigation installations, ancient fields, and rural occupations in the project area. Clark and Blakely provide detailed site plans of irrigation structures, mound sites, and wells. Excellent photographs of the archaeological features accompany the site plans. However, the reader is left wondering about the age of the sites since no temporal information is given. Maurice J. Grolier prepared the next article, "Plate Tectonics and Climate Modification and Disruption of Drainage in Southwestern Arabia and the al-Jadidah Basin, Wadi al-Jubah, Yemen Arab Republic." First, Grolier integrates a discussion of plate tectonics (continental drift) and uplift of the Arabian Shield and its Red Sea and Gulf of Aden margins with a description of past regional drainage changes in Yemen. Next, he considers the effects of Quaternary climatic change on stream flow in Wadi al-Jubah. Finally, Grolier describes the incipient capture of Wadi al-Jubah by a tributary of Wadi Mala in the al-Jadidah basin. He concludes that the 2000 m uplift of the Arabian Shield, which followed rifting in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden structural depressions more than 13 million years ago, and the change in global and regional climate after the Climatic Optimum about 6000 years ago, "stand out as the two events, so far apart in time as they are, that conditioned and contributed most to the eventual development of seil agriculture in the Wadi al-Jubah basin." Grolier also stresses that stream capture threatens the modern seil irrigation agriculture in the southeastern part of the al-Jadidah basin. The last article in Part II, "Late Pleistocene Mollisol and Cumulic Fluvents near Ibb, Yemen Arab Republic," is by Brinkmann and Abdu O. Ghaleb. Two buried Mollisols were examined in a roadcut south of Ibb. Bulk organic carbon from the upper and lower paleosol yielded radiocarbon ages of ca. 19,300 and 26,150 B.P., respectively. Brinkmann and Ghaleb compared some of the physical and chemical properties of these late Pleistocene paleosols with the properties of the Holocene-age Mollisols in the Wadi al-Jubah area. Part III consists of three articles that focus on organic evidence related to the environment of Wadi al-Jubah. In the first article, Brian Hesse uses the faunal record from strata at Hajar ar-Rayhani to assess pastoral exploitation in Yemen during the Iron Age. Variations in the abundance of sheep, goats, cattle, and camel remains suggest that exploitation patterns oscillated during the period of occupation at the site. The next article is by William C. Overstreet and James C. Ritchie, presenting the results of pollen analyses on 12 sediment samples collected from the Wadi al-Jubah area. Unfortunately, the sediments yielded such low and erratic distributions of identifiable pollen that reliable statistical results were not obtained. The last "article" in Part III is actually a summarized species list for the botanical remains recovered at Hajar ar-Rayhani during the 1987 excavations. The list, which was prepared by Robert B. Stewart, supplements and expands on previous reports covering excavated botanical remains in the Wadi al-Jubah area. Part IV consists of a brief article by Dan Rahimi that describes and interprets lithic artifacts discovered during 1987 reconnaissance of the Wadi al-Jubah area. Thirteen localities yielded lithic material, largely obsidian but including a small amount of flint. Part V consists of two articles that describe sites that were found outside the project area. In the first
Prehistoric Quarries and Lithic Production, Jonathon E. Ericson and Barbara A. Purdy, Editors, 1984, Cambridge University Press, New Directions in Archaeology Series, $39.50
Geoarchaeology-an International Journal, Apr 1, 1986
Lithic Studies among the Contemporary Highland Maya . Brian Hayden
American Anthropologist, Jun 1, 1988
Archaeological Research at the Hinojosa Site (41JW8), Southern Texas, No. 42