Archaeology and History of the Ray Roberts Lake Area of Northcentral Texas, 1850-1950.

摘要

Archaeological investigations of historic resources at Ray Roberts Lake were conducted by personnel from the Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas in 1986 and 1987. These investigations involved the documentation of ten farmsteads in previously unsurveyed areas (Chapter 6), test excavations of 23 farmsteads (Chapter 7), and intensive excavations at 20 farmsteads (Chapter 8). Among the research conducted at these farmsteads were archival, oral history, and architectural documentation, dendrochronology of log structures, and excavation. Following testing, all farmsteads determined eligible for the National Register received intensive excavations. These excavations included recovery of data from sheet refuse and feature deposits. Farmsteads occupied during the historic period in the Ray Roberts Lake area date from the late 1840s or early 1850s to the present, offering data necessary to investigate changes in rural lifeways and adaptations over the last 140 years.