THE GROBIN DAVIS SITE: ARCHAEOGEOPHYSICS AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AT CADDO MOUND CENTERS IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. Issue 1 (June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Regnier, Amanda L.; Hammerstedt, Scott W.; Beale, Nicholas H.
• Is Part Of: Southeastern archaeology. Volume 33:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 107
• Publication Date: 2014-06
• Subjects: Southern States -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Indians of North America -- Southern States -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; 930.1
• DOI: 10.1179/sea.2014.33.1.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0734-578X

Abstract

Abstract : The Grobin Davis site (34MC253) is the best-preserved known prehistoric Caddo mound site in southeastern Oklahoma. The site, located along the Little River, consists of seven mounds arranged in a horseshoe configuration. Archaeological excavations at the site have been limited to a series of posthole tests and three 1-x-1-m units. Between November 2011 and February 2012, the Oklahoma Archeological Survey conducted geophysical survey of the bulk of the site, covering approximately 32, 000 m 2 with a fluxgate gradiometer. This study provides important information about Caddo mound construction, settlement, and ceremonialism in southeastern Oklahoma and add to a growing body of literature on prehistoric Caddo community patterns.