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etween collections and the potential locations of tribes of the Hasinai Caddo.<br />

These archaeological investigations, along with a complete review of the archival<br />

record, should provide the best opportunity in recent years to identify the<br />

principal groups of the Hasinai Caddo of east Texas.<br />

ORGANIZATION OF THE DISSERTATION<br />

I divided the dissertation into three sections and ten chapters. Chapter 2<br />

covers the environmental background of the areas in east Texas occupied <strong>by</strong> the<br />

Hasinai Caddo. The remainder of Section 1 focuses on the history and<br />

archaeology of the Hasinai. Chapter 3 outlines the historical record from<br />

approximately A.D. 1528 to 1859, and Chapter 4 reviews the history of prior<br />

archaeological research in the area, including the most recent projects, and<br />

reviews many of the ceramic studies done in the area.<br />

Section 2 details the methodology and analysis of Caddo ceramics used in<br />

this research, including vessel sherds and whole vessels. Chapter 5 focuses on<br />

the methods employed, explains how I selected the corpus of sites and<br />

collections, and discusses the important characteristics and attributes recorded<br />

during the study. Chapter 6 discusses the 28 archaeological sites included in the<br />

detailed ceramic sherd analysis. The chapter contextualizes these substantial<br />

assemblages (i.e. previous excavations, scope of materials) and focuses on the<br />

ceramic vessel sherd data from each site. Chapter 7 presents more than 60<br />

additional sites and collections relevant to this study. Most of these assemblages<br />

were not included because of insufficient samples of decorated vessel sherds.<br />

However, several of the assemblages have substantial whole vessel collections<br />

that were critical to previous research.<br />

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