Archaeological Survey of Upper Leon Creek Terraces, Bexar County, Texas
Creators: name: Tennis, Cynthia L.
name: Hard, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Leon Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17661/leon-creek
subject: 48029 (Fips Code)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4148/48029-fips-code
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Edwards Plateau
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4152/edwards-plateau
subject: PaleoIndian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/4/paleoindian
subject: Early Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9/early-archaic
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Middle Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/10/middle-archaic
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: 41BX40
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/81618/41bx40
subject: 41BX48
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/81620/41bx48
subject: 41BX50
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/81619/41bx50
subject: 41BX47
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/81621/41bx47
subject: Encampment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/253/encampment
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Settlements
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/252/settlements
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
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 June and July 1994, the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted an archaeological survey on a 147-acre tract of land along Leon Creek in northern San Antonio for Pape-Dawson Engineers. The archaeological work was needed for compliance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit requirements before construction of a water storage facility. Four archaeological sites (41BX40, 41BX47, 41BX48, and 41BX50) had been recorded within this area in 1970 by avocational archaeologists. Additionally, CAR staff members conducted a brief reconnaissance over a 60-acre portion of the property in 1992. Fieldwork consisted of pedestrian survey, 222 shovel tests, one 1-x-1-m test unit, backhoe trenches, plowing, and a geomorphological study by Lee Nordt of Texas A&amp;M University. Evidence from this work suggests that two of the previously recorded sites, 41BX40 and 41BX47, are actually part of a single, largely intact, Early and Middle Archaic period site covering approximately 30 acres of the project area. The single site will retain the trinomial 41BX47. The site contains three components: a Middle Archaic one in the upper 50 cm of the northern part of the site; an Early Archaic component, also in the upper 50 cm, found in the western part of the site; and a component of unknown age buried approximately 80-120 cm below the surface in the central part of the site. A transitional Archaic projectile point was found outside the boundaries of 41BX47. Further investigation of tins site is recommended before construction of the water storage facility. A series of simulated sampling experiments was also conducted with the shovel test data to evaluate the effectiveness of different sampling designs.