Honey Creek (Mason County, Texas)

Honey Creek is a tributary of the Llano River, and an archaeological site located on the Edwards Plateau, between Grit and Streeter, in Mason County, Texas.[1] The prehistoric midden site (41MS32) has been of interest to scientific research since 1987, when Glenn T. Goode of the Texas Department of Transportation uncovered it during an otherwise routine infrastructural project. Stephen L. Black and the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory included it in a wider study of burned-rock midden. Researchers have been able to date the midden at Honey Creek, used to bake native plants, to having evolved 1110–1700 AD, and is the end result of an estimated 165 ovens used by hunter-gatherer bands over that six-century period. Texas A&M University archeobotanist Phil Dering identified 14 varieties of local plants in charred remains found.[2] The oldest artifact found at the site is the "Martindale dart point" believed to date to 5000–6000 BC for hunting, but chipped and refashioned in later years to be used as a tool at the midden.[3]

For other places with the same name, see Honey Creek.
Honey Creek
MaterialBurned rock midden
Created1110–1700 AD
Discovered1987
Present locationMason County, Texas
Identification41MS32

Further reading
  • Texas Antiquities Committee (1997). Hot Rock Cooking on the Greater Edwards Plateau : Four Burned Rock Midden Sites in West Central Texas. University of Texas at Austin, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory. ISBN 978-1-8870-7210-6. OCLC 38957328.

See also

References
  1. "Honey Creek (Mason County)". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  2. "Plant Remains from Central Burned Rock Midden 41MS32". UT-Texas. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. "Honey Creek". Texas Beyond History. UT-Austin. Retrieved May 28, 2013.



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