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The cultural landscape of the Hasinai Caddo, broadly characterized,<br />

consisted of sedentary groups living in dispersed farmsteads as thriving<br />

agriculturalists, organized in a complex hierarchy of social and spiritual leaders.<br />

Sustained contact with Spanish missionaries brought trade materials and<br />

technology in tandem with social objectives and policies, many aimed at<br />

replacing Caddo cultural identity under the guise of religious conversion,<br />

relocation, and trade.<br />

While the number of Caddo groups identified in the ethnohistoric record<br />

decreased as time passed, it is clear from the archives that groups of the Hasinai<br />

endured and maintained distinct affiliations during the contact period. The<br />

ceramic analyses support the historic record on this point and demonstrate how<br />

assemblages are part of well‐established and persistent ceramic traditions. At the<br />

same time, the study documents distinct archaeological signatures that may<br />

represent socio‐cultural, political, and/or economic differences in the Hasinai<br />

Caddo. Evidence also demonstrates how the Hasinai Caddo were both willing<br />

participants in, and at the same time rejected, the Spanish mission system.<br />

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