Archaeological Context and Land Use in the Western Rio Grande Plains: Phase II Evaluations at Eleven Sites on the Laughlin Air Force Base, Val Verde County, Texas
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Publisher: name: Center for Ecological Archaeology, Texas A&M University, College Station
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Sacatosa Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85887/sacatosa-creek
subject: Val Verde (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3618/val-verde-county
subject: Laughlin Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83050/laughlin-air-force-base
subject: 41VV1688
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83454/41vv1688
subject: 41VV1687
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83453/41vv1687
subject: 41VV1690
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83456/41vv1690
subject: 41VV1689
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83455/41vv1689
subject: 41VV1691
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83457/41vv1691
subject: 41VV1653
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83446/41vv1653
subject: 41VV1655
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83448/41vv1655
subject: 41VV1654
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83447/41vv1654
subject: 41VV1683
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83449/41vv1683
subject: 41VV1686
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83452/41vv1686
subject: 41VV1685
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83451/41vv1685
subject: Hearth
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Burned Rock Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/348/burned-rock-midden
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: NRHP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/9857/nrhp
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: In May-July 1996, Phase II archaeological assessments were conducted at 11 prehistoric sites located on Laughlin Air Force Base, Val Verde County, Texas. As a result of the Phase I archaeological survey by the University of Texas at San Antonio's Center for Archaeological Research, the sites were recommended as potentially eligible for inclusion to the National Register of Historic Places. The sites are situated within a dissected upland of the western Rio Grande Plains of southwestern Texas. Six of the tested sites are located on the eastern bank of Sacatosa Creek ( 41VV1686 through 41VV1691 ). These sites represent a series of ephemeral campsites along the eastern bank of the creek and include surface and subsurface hearths. Chipped-stone debitage, expedient flake tools, and exhausted formal implements characterize lithic assemblages at these sites. Debitage recovered at these sites is dominated by small-sized interior debitage, indicating that stone tool resharpening, maintenance, and repair were conducted. Hearth features observed and tested along Sacatosa Creek are clast defined and are dominated by cobbles of limestone and occasional sandstone. Diagnostic tools include an Early Archaic Uvalde point, an Early Triangular, and several Archaic aged unidentified point fragments. No prehistoric carbonized plant remains were recovered from floatation sediments.