The McNeill-Gonzales site is a stratified multi-component prehistoric site in
Victoria County, Texas. The site is located in approximately 2 meters of fine sand that
mantle a fluvial terrace of the Guadalupe River. Geoarchaeological investigations were
conducted at this site to determine the stratigraphy of the archaeological deposits, the
processes that led to the formation of the site, and the integrity of the archaeological
deposits. Three Holocene deposits of fine sand are mantling the tread and slope of a
Pleistocene fluvial terrace of the Deweyville Formation. Granulometric studies and the
stratigraphic position of the sands suggest the deposits are eolian in nature. Artifacts
from the Late Paleoindian period (10,000 B.P.) to the Historic period were found in
generally good stratigraphic position and made possible the correlation of the three
deposits of fine sand across the site. There is evidence of bioturbation across the entire
site and disturbance by colluvial action on the southeastern slopes of the site; however,
intact human burials, hearth features, and artifacts in stratigraphic position indicate that
secondary processes have not completely compromised the integrity of the
archaeological deposits.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1703 |
| Date | 02 June 2009 |
| Creators | Aiuvalasit, Michael John |
| Contributors | Waters, Michael R. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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