Gault (archaeological site)

The Gault archaeological site is an extensive, multicomponent site located in Florence, Texas, United States on the Williamson-Bell County line along Buttermilk Creek about 250 meters upstream from the Buttermilk Creek complex. It bears evidence of human habitation for at least 20,000 years, making it one of the few archaeological sites in the Americas at which compelling evidence has been found for human occupation dating to before the appearance of the Clovis culture. Archaeological material covers about 16 hectares with a depth of up to 3 meters in places. About 30 incised stones from the Clovis period engraved with geometric patterns were found there as well as others from periods up to the Early Archaic. Incised bone was also found.[1][2][3]

Part of the Gault site; the tent covers the 2007–2014 excavation.
  1. ^ Pfeiffer, Leslie S., "The Gault Site", Central States Archaeological Journal, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 24–24, 2005
  2. ^ Lemke, Ashley K., et al., "EARLY ART IN NORTH AMERICA: CLOVIS AND LATER PALEOINDIAN INCISED ARTIFACTS FROM THE GAULT SITE, TEXAS (41BL323)", American Antiquity, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 113–33, 2015
  3. ^ Collins, Michael B. et al., "Engraved Cobbles from Early Archeological Contexts in Central Texas. Current Research in the Pleistocene", 8, pp. 13-15, 1991