Within this continental picture, the Texas populations occupy a specific and significant position.

The coastal plain of Texas, and the river valleys leading into the interior, would have been among the most productive environments in North America for Early Archaic hunter-gatherers.

The Guadalupe River corridor, along which Buckeye Knoll sits, was a highway connecting the rich coastal resources of the Gulf of Mexico to the interior of the continent.

The populations who established themselves here were, in a geographic sense, at a crossroads — positioned to interact with coastal groups, with interior plateau groups, and potentially with populations from much farther afield.

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