Laredo utility relocation project, Chacon Creek, Webb County, Texas

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2001

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Lyle, Anthony S.

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Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Abstract

In August of 2000, archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) were contracted to test for archaeological deposits along the route of a proposed utility pipeline relocation in Laredo, Texas. The route of the proposed pipeline relocation will impact a 690-foot (210 m) section along Meadow Avenue at the bridge crossing Chacon Creek, in Laredo. CAR archaeologists monitored the excavation of six backhoe trenches along the proposed relocation route in order to test for buried cultural materials. No intact cultural deposits were encountered. The majority of the tested section was disturbed from previous construction, probably associated with the earlier bridge construction activities which occurred inthe project area.

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archaeological investigation, archaeology, Texas archaeology, archaeological surveying, Laredo, Webb County, utilities

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