The George C. Davis Site, Cherokee County, Texas

Description

Authors: Newell, H. Perry ( ?-1946), and Krieger, Alex D. (1911-1991)

Publisher: Society for American Archaeology and the University of Texas

Pub Date: 1949 (First edition) and 2000 (Second edition)

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1:  Fair.  Binding tight, but wearing.  No marks. Front cover has two folds, side by side, that extend from top to bottom edges.  Spine head chipped, exposing signatures.  Lower front cover edge at spine foot has an approx. 1″ tear.  Wear to spine foot.  Lower rear cover corner has an approx. 1″ chip, missing piece, that extends to last page.  Lower rear cover edge chipped, small tears.  Copy 2 (LOA23): Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, folds.  Upper front cover corner has an approx. 1/8″ bend, extends to first couple of pages.  Previous owner’s name on upper edge ffep/title page.  Some edge and corner wear.  This  is the Second Edition,  a reprint in the SAA Classics series (see photos).  As far as I can tell there is no difference in the books, other than the covers and the Introduction.

Notes: American Antiquity, Volume XIV, Number 4, Part 2, April 1949.   The Davis Site is now part of The Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in southeastern Texas.  It was first recorded in 1919, but systematic investigations weren’t begun until 1939 and continued until 1941, when World War II intervened.  Newell died in 1946, and Krieger, a University of Texas archaeologist, completed the work.  Krieger recognized the site as a major Caddo community, occupied for centuries, and abandoned by the 1300’s.  For a more complete look at the site and its history see https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/caddo-mounds-state-historic-site