HCAA Field Work
Charcoal from a rock hearth feature at Kemosabe is 7280 to 7420 years old based on C14 radiocarbon dating (calibrated). We have discovered 12 other rock hearths and four larger middens at the site, some also having charcoal, however this … Read More
Beginning in March the HCAA will offer a five part course in Field and Lab Techniques. This course has been taught by HCAA since 2009 and is particularly helpful to members who want to do site work. To review the … Read More
Kemosabe Project – March 2017 Operations continue at the large Kemosabe site and are yielding some valuable information. There have been 25 square meters of excavations so far plus 7 back hoe trench excavations. Diagnostic materials indicate a multi-component site … Read More
Even cold, windy conditions at Kemosabe can’t stop the progress!! Operations are continuing at the Kemosabe project. To date over 30 square meters of excavation units have been opened there as well as four back hoe trenches and 92 … Read More
Kemosabe Project – August 2015 Unit excavations have started on at the Kemosabe project. HCAA members are finding fire cracked rock, broken tools, bone, and many chert flakes in good quantities. The stone and bone artifacts found in the excavations … Read More
NEWS FROM FIELDWORK Kemosabe Project – April 2015 Trenching operations have started on at the Kemosabe project. A large cooking oven area, called a burned rock midden, has been discovered. These are commonly also called “Indian Mounds” here in the … Read More
Kemosabe Project Work in surveying and excavating the Kemosabe ranch archeology sites continues on Monday September 15th starting at 7:30 in the morning at the front gate to the ranch. All members of Hill Country Archeological Association are invited to … Read More
Work resumed last Tuesday at the Kemosabe Project in Kerr County. Twelve 30 centimeter diameter auger holes were drilled in a north/south grid in an attempt to begin to localize where one by one meter test units will later be … Read More
On May 21, 2014 Frank Binetti and John Benedict were invited to visit and record a burned rock midden (=BRM) site, HCAA KE-14, outside of Sisterdale not far from the Guadalupe River. These BRM sites are the remains of hot … Read More
On May 1st of 2014, John Benedict and Frank Binetti visited Site 41KE198 that was recorded by Frank in 2008. There were no diagnostics found at the time of the original recording of this site. Diagnostic artifacts tell us how … Read More