Documentation of Caddo Funerary Objects in the Gilcrease Museum Collections

Little Cypress Creek Basin Archaeology: Six Late Caddo Period Cemeteries in Upshur County, Texas

“…To facilitate the vessel documentation project concerning the collections from these Little Cypress Creek basin cemetery sites, and aid in comparisons with other Caddo vessel documentation projects, we have established a documentation protocol to assist in the analysis of each of the vessels from the different sites. Each of the ceramic vessels in the collections is described and analyzed utilizing a consistent set of morphological, functional, and stylistic attributes modeled after the presentations in Cast et al (2006); Gadus and Fields (1996); Gonzalez et al (2005), Perttula et al (1998Perttula et al ( , 2008Perttula et al ( , 2009aPerttula et al ( , 2009bPerttula et al ( , 2010aPerttula et al ( , 2010bPerttula et al ( , 2011, Perttula (2011), and Perttula (2005, ed.). The purpose of the documentation is to thoroughly characterize the character of each of the ceramic vessels in the different Caddo collections.…”

“…Then they were dumped into containers of known volume. In cases where the vessels were not (or could not) be reconstructed, but measurements of height and orifice diameter were obtained, volumes were estimated by comparison with known vessel volumes of specific forms (i.e., carinated bowl,jar, bottle, compound bowl , and bowl) in other documented Caddo vessel assemblages from the Big Cypress Creek basin (see Perttula et al 1998Perttula et al , 2009aPerttula et al , 2009bPerttula et al , 2010aPerttula et al , 2010bPerttula et al , 2010cPerttula et al , 2010d. Vessels used in domestic contexts at Caddo sites tend to be generally much larger than those placed in burials with the deceased.…”

Documentation of Unassociated Ceramic Vessel Funerary Objects in the Gregg County Historical Museum Collections from Sites in Gregg, Harrison, and Panola Counties in East Texas

“…Because of the number of ceramic vessels in the Gregg County Historical Museum NAGPRA collections that we were able to document under this NPS NAGPRA grant, we established a documentation protocol to assist in the study of each of the vessels examined in 2013. Each of the ceramic vessels in the collections is described and illustrated utilizing a consistent set of ceramic morphological, functional, and stylistic attributes modeled after the presentations in Gonzalez et al (2005), Cast et al (2006), Perttula et al (1998Perttula et al ( , 2007Perttula et al ( , 2009aPerttula et al ( , 2009bPerttula et al ( , 2010aPerttula et al ( , 2011, and Perttula (2005Perttula ( , 2011. The purpose of the documentation is to thoroughly characterize the assemblage of ceramic vessels in the collection from the various sites.…”

“…This report is the latest in a series of reports that have been supported by the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, Cultural Preservation Program that concern the documentation of funerary objects in museum facilities that are subject to the provisions and regulations of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) (Gonzalez et al 2005;Cast et al 2006;Perttula et al 2007Perttula et al , 2009aPerttula et al , 2009bPerttula et al , 2010aPerttula et al , 2011. These documentation studies have been done either with grants from the National Park Service, or through funding provided by the museum facility that held NAGPRA funerary objects.…”

Documentation of Caddo Funerary Objects from the Crenshaw Site (3MI6) in the Gilcrease Museum Collections

“…This report is one in a series of reports produced and published by the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, Cultural Preservation Program, that concern the documentation of funerary objects in museum facilities that are subject to the provisions and regulations of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) (Gonzalez et al 2005;Cast et al 2006;Perttula et al 2007Perttula et al , 2009aPerttula et al , 2009bPerttula et al , 2010. These documentation studies have been done either with grants from the National Park Service, or through funding provided by the museum facility.…”