Another Look at an Eighteenth-Century Archaeological Site in Wood County, Texas

Description

The French presence in east Texas during the eighteenth century is less well known from an archaeological or archival standpoint than is the Spanish. Although it is known that the French maintained several trading establishments within this part of the state, concrete evidence of these places is presently lacking. Archaeological sites that are the material remains of these trading establishments offer the best, and perhaps the last, remaining opportunities to understand and assess the mutual effects of acculturation and adaptation on French entrepreneurs and native groups such as the Caddo and Wichita living in the area.