San Saba River Site

LUAS has returned to the San Saba River site to resume the excavations begun last summer. Previously nearly all the site’s cultural deposits were removed during a pay-dig operation but a small area along the river was spared. This area is right above an active cutback and will eventually erode into the river, so the LUAS excavation is basically a salvage operation. The excavation last summer encountered a buried living surface, a single layer of cultural debris 50 cm below the surface dense with lithics and food remains probably dating sometime after AD 1500 based on the presence of ceramics. This summer we will excavate as much of this living surface as possible until we need to leave the property for good. Our other project, the Antelope Draw excavation in Lampasas County, has been suspended for the time being while we concentrate on this site.