Archaeological Investigations at Cooper Lake, Delivery Order Numbers 2, 3, 4,1987, Volume 1: Chapters 1-10. Cultural Resource Studies for Cooper Lake, Hopkins and Delta Counties, Texas

摘要

Cooper Lake, located at and below the confluence of the principal upper drainagetributaries of the South Sulphur River contains cultural resources relating to the full spectrum of human use of this region of northeast Texas. Archaeological investigations have been performed in this area for the last 35 years. This report presents the results of a multidisciplinary investigation of a 4700 acre embankment and borrow pit area at Cooper Lake. Geophysical and geomorphological studies were undertaken to understand buried and relief features of the landscape, and the potential human use or occupation of these geomorphic features. Ethnohistorical interviews and archival and historical researches were performed to completely document the written information relating to previously occupied properties of the project area. Archaeological studies include archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological, osteological, malacological, and radiocarbon