MS 1998-28 Catalog of artifact photographs and descriptions from the R.K. Harris collections

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a catalog of artifact photographs and descriptions compiled by Daniel Prikryl and James Bruseth of the Texas Historical Commission in 1991. Represented in the catalog are archaological specimens collected from sites along the east fork of the Trinity River and various sites along the Red River. The catalog is comprised of a two-page introduction, approximately 160 4 x 6 inch black and white photographs of artifacts and a 178-page printout of a database dated 9/17/1991.

Biographical / Historical

In 1991, Daniel Prikryl and James Bruseth of the Texas Historical Commission created this catalog in order to document artifacts in the Robert King Harris collection that originated from sites located on the east fork of the Trinity River in northcentral Texas, as well as several sites along the Red River in northeast Texas. Harris was an avocational archaeologist who participated in numerous excavations in Texas and amassed a collection of more than 100,000 artifacts, ranging in time from the paleo-American to the historic. The collection in part represents Harris's own field work but also incorporates material of other workers and includes material from other states and countries. The artifacts are now among the holdings of the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History.

Other Archival Materials

The Department of Anthropology holds artifacts relating to this collection. Please see accession number 350,434.