The Center for Archaeological Studies

An Archaeological Survey of 307 Acres at Camp Swift, Bastrop County, Texas

All sediments were screened through in wire mesh.	Broken, 1-gallon stoneware crock found on the surface at 41BP666
Gray, salt glazed, red bricks found on the surface of one site are presumably from a pottery kiln that may have been located here.	All sediments were screened through in wire mesh.
Archaeologists uncovered a chimney base at one historic farmstead site.	These square nails, whiteware ceramic sherds, a stoneware sherd, and amber glass sherd were found in shovel tests on an old farmstead dating to the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
This petrified wood chopping tool was found on a prehistoric campsite with burned rocks, a bifacial stone tool, and flakes.	Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County, in Central Texas.
This chart shows the distance to water from all prehistoric campsites at Camp Swift. Note that there are no campsites where archaeologists have found artifacts representing the Middle Archaic period.