SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARCHEOLOGY
CENTRAL ZONE

The central zone includes the counties of Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, and Walker counties. Galveston and Harris include areas of coastal margin. The vegetation zones in this area are: marshland, grassland, and pine forest. More archeological research has been done in the central zone than the other two. Nearly 50,000 Goose Creek Plain sherds have been recovered in the central zone, 35,000 from the western and eastern zones combined.

Radiocarbon dates for occupation in the central zone ranges from 150 to 2450 YBP in the coastal margin, 130 to 6660 YBP for inland sites.

CENTRAL ZONE RADIOCARBON DATES

Site Trinomial
Coastal Margin
Radiocarbon YBP
41GV1

Yes

380 ±140
810 ±120
41GV5

Yes

430 ±150
490 ±100
450 ±110
670 ±120
830 ±120
41GV10

Yes

2450 ±70
740 ±70
41GV66
Yes
780 ±150
230 ±70
510 ±50
980 ±60
870 ±90
570 ±50
280 ±50
650 ±90
440 ±70
430 ±110
650 ±170
610 ±80
380 ±70
220 ±50
190 ±70
150 ±80
41GV82
Yes
 895 ±60
666 ±83
551 ±80
332 ±43
659 ±89
516 ±90
1032 ±88
614 ±45
623 ±84
942 ±91
940 ±88
41GM166
No
 8660 ±70
7100 ±60
2840 ±90
2080 ±60
41GM224 No 1450 ±80
1750 ±70
1240 ±70
2470 ±70
41GM281 No 640 ±60
610 ±60
600 ±60
710 ±60
910 ±60
41GM282 No 970 ±80
700 ±100
1100 ±90
2740 ±60
620 ±60
130 ±50
540 ±110
41HR50
Yes
 1510 ±60
850 ±60