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The Archaeology of Hays County Riddles of the Past; The Archeology of Hays County Published by the Hays County Historical Commission 1993 TTWC 976.4888 STO SAN MARCOS PUBLIC LIBRARY Hays County Commissioners Court Eddy Etheredge, County Judge Pete Rodriguez, Precinct 1 Jeff Barton, Precinct 2 Craig Payne, Precinct 3 Oran Hippy, Precinct 4 TTWC Hays County Historical Commission 976.4888 STO Story Lila Knight, Chairman ftLddles of the past Albert McGehee, Vice-Chairman James Rogers, Treasurer Frances Stovall, Secretary Johnnie Armstead, San Marcos jXTWC 976.4888 Mary Bonner, San Marcos STO Story David Bruner, San Marcos Riddles of the past Katherine Cannon, Dripping Springs Mary Compton, San Marcos Charles Daily, Buda Mark Denton, Dripping Springs DATE (9SUED TO Ann DuPont, San Marcos Donald Goodman, Wimberley Charles Haydon, Dripping Springs JoAnne Hearn, San Marcos Dorothy Kerbow, Wimberley A1 Lowman, San Marcos Reed Parr, San Marcos Winton Porterfield, San Marcos Ralph Randow, San Marcos Solia Rodriguez, San Marcos Jean Shand, Wimberley Claire Smullen, Wimberley SAN MARCOS PUBLIC LIBRARY Dee Ann Story, Wimberley 625 E. Hopkins Ann Strom, Kyle P. 0. Box 907 Helen Van Gundy, San Marcos San Marcos, Texas 78667-0907 512/392-8124 Steve Whiston, Buda Mavis Woolsey, Wimberley Barbara Younts, Buda GAYLORD M Graphic Design Joe Melomo The Factory, Austin, Texas Riddles of the Past: Table of Contents The Archeology of Hays County I Archeology and Archeologists What Is Archeology? Different Kinds of Archeologists by Dee Ann Story 3 Archeology and the Environment Drawings by Hal Story Hays County and Its Natural Environment Environments of the Past 5 Piecing the Puzzle: The Archeology of Hays County Background to the Archeology of Hays County Published by the Native American Artifacts in Hays County Hays County Historical Commission Native American Sites in Hays County 1993 II Early Inhabitants of Hays County: The Paleo-lndians Origin of the Paleo-lndians Paleo-lndians of Hays County 14 Native Americans of the Recent (Holocene) Age Hunters and Gatherers Time Marker Traits Distant Contacts Cooking with Rocks Buffalo Hunters 21 Historic Native Americans Background to Native Americans in Hays County Named Native Groups in the Greater Hays County Area The Sanans The Tonkawas The Comanches 27 The Future of Hays County Archeology 29 Glossary 35 Bibliography 38 Resources T TMd Riddles of the Past ^ STO ARCHEOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGISTS Different Kinds of Archeologists The archeologists who work in Hays County, and everywhere in the United States, fall into (•^\V two main camps: prehistoric and historic. Prehistoric archeologists study that part of the past not described by written accounts. They work what is Archeology? mainly with the remains left by Native Americans. Historic archeologists usually work with recent remains, mostly with evidence left by the Old Mystery writer Agatha Christie once said that World colonists and immigrants, as well as their the best thing about being an archeologist's wife is descendants. They investigate archeological sites that the older you get, the more your husband is as varied as Spanish settlements, like San Marcos interested in you. Fitting, for archeologists are sci­ de Neve; industrial mills such as the Cape Gin in entists who study the human past. It take years of San Marcos; and nineteenth century communities training and experience to learn to decipher the like the now abandoned Onion Creek settlement in clues of the past. It's worth it! Archeology can be a rewarding career and only archeology can reveal the long record of the human past that predates writing. Written accounts related to Hays County, for instance, date back to about 300 years ago, while the archeological evidence is traced back to just beyond 11,000 years ago. Moreover, archeolo­ gy fills in gaps in the historic record by providing information on everyday life and events not usual­ ly described in written accounts. Archeologists fmd out about the past from physi­ cal remains found at particular locations called sites. • These remains primarily are artifacts and features. Artifacts include such objects as central Hays County. They also investigate ranch­ arrowheads, knives, pots, jewelry, manufacturing ing complexes and old urban neighborhoods. Since debris, and animal bones. Features are human no Hays County historic site has yet been excavat­ constructions that can be as simple as a camp fire ed, however, this booklet will focus on the prehis­ or as complex as an Egyptian pyramid. Other toric record. examples of features are houses, storage pits, Both prehistoric and historic archeologists need mounds, rock ovens, wells, and trash deposits. the help of several kinds of people trained in other Just as important, but more easily overlooked, fields, as well as archeology. Those most likely to clues are associations and contexts. Association play a part in deciphering the past of Hays County means the kinds of artifacts and features found are the following: together. Context refers to the kinds of situations in which artifacts and features exist such as river •Geoarcheologists are persons who are trained banks, hill tops, sandy layers of soil, or burial in archeology as well as geology and who unravel offerings. the history of the land forms such as hills, stream Archeologists are usually pictured in movies as banks, and sand dunes in addition to the dirt con­ either heroic or eccentric men digging for spectacu­ taining archeological remains. They also help lar finds. In fact, their finds are rarely spectacular establish the age of a site and past climates. and there are almost as many female as male archeologists. Archeologists spend most of their time in laboratories, museums, or libraries study­ ing and writing about their fmds. *Terms in boldface are defined in the Glossary at the end of this booklet •Zooarcheologists are individuals who study animal remains, such as bones, mussel and snail shells, to reconstruct what animals people ate and what past environments were like. For example, zooarcheologists have found that within the grass­ lands of Texas, including Hays County, buffalo were sometimes present, and at other times were either absent or at rarely seen. •Paleobotanists are individuals who study ancient plant remains that have accidentally sur­ vived to determine vegetation of the past and what plants were eaten by people of the past. The traces of plants one can expect to find in Hays County sites are charred fragments of nuts, seeds, limbs, twigs, and fibers, as well as smaller particles such as pollen grains and microscopic crystals known as phytoliths. One uncommon find in Hays County is a corn cob from an Indian site near Wimberley that is about 500 years old. •Underwater archeologists are individuals who investigate ship wrecks as well as sites that were once on dry land but are no covered by water. A good exampl of the second type is an Indian campsite on the bottom of Spring Lake, at Aquarena Springs in Sa Marcos. Investigated by an archeologist from Southern Methodist University, this site may be one of the largest and most ancient yet found in Hays County. In addition, archeologists work with chemists, physicists, and earth scientists. These scientists help answer such questions as the ages of sites and artifacts, the nature of the past environments, the sources of materials used to make artifacts, the functions of tools, and the health of past popu­ lations. Some of the specialized scientific tech­ niques they employ are radiocarbon dating, iso- topic analysis, emission spectrometry, neu­ tron activation analysis. X-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy. These high-tech stud­ ies increase the precision of archeology and the importance of rather plain artifacts, such as small pieces of bone and fragments of burned rock. Riddles of the Past ARCHEOLOGY AND as well as a variety of brushy plants and grasses. THE ENVIRONMENT Springs are common on the Plateau. To the south and east of the Escarpment, one finds a gently rolling and level mantle of deep, dark soil that was favored by tall prairie grasses prior to disturbance by modern farming and overgrazing. Springs are rare in the Blackland Prairie and trees are found just along the rivers and creeks. Hays County and Its Natural Environment Environments of the Past Archeologists study past environments because different conditions greatly influence where and Natural environments change, sometimes how people live. Moreover, changes in the environ­ because of what people do and sometimes because ment can lead to modifications in life styles, par­ of what nature does. In a human lifetime, for ticularly in the tools and customs directly linked to example, one can see the use of the natural resources. The relationship housing developments is strongest when a people depend solely or mostly reshape the appear­ upon the resources available in the region where ance of the country­ they live. This type of economy, called hunting side, floods alter the and gathering, generally does not support large course of a stream, numbers of people nor prolonged stays at any one and droughts kill locale. Nevertheless, that was the only way people trees. Those changes obtained food throughout most of human history. and predictable seasonal shifts in weather have Among the Native Americans of Hays County, short term results. Other changes in the environ­ hunting and gathering even persisted into the ment are long term and have major, long-lasting nineteenth century. Complex economies, where effects on landscapes and the plants and animals people cultivate crops, develop regional centers, they support. Of the major changes, climactic vari­ and import goods, are modern things in the New ations probably have had the greatest impact on World, and it remains to be seen if these economies peoples of the past. can survive as long as hunting and gathering did. Before about 8000 BC, during a period known to A look at the map on page4 showing the geo­ geologists as the late Ice Age or late Pleistocene, graphic regions of Texas reveals that Hays County icy glaciers covered large areas of North America.
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