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Excavations at the Polvo Site in Western Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William J. Shackelford
William J. Shackelford*
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Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale, III
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In the Summer of 1949 an archaeological; field group, sponsored by the University of Texas, excavated a large house structure at the Polvo site (57D2-3) in western Texas. The previous summer J. Charles Kelley had excavated 2 structures at this site, which he reported in 1949. The site itself he identified as a component of the Bravo Valley aspect.

The Polvo site is located in southern Presidio County, Texas, some 8 miles south of the junction of the Rio Grande and the Rio Conchos, in what is referred to as the “La Junta” region of the Big Bend. The site lies about one mile to the southwest of the modern village of Redford, at the edge of the old Mexican pueblito Polvo. Physiographically, the site is located in the Redford Vajley, through which the Rio Grande flows into the Canon Colorado. Midway in the valley, an arroyo, known locally as the Arroyo Bayo Nuevo, enters the river.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , January 1955 , pp. 256 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1954

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