Abstract
The De Rossett Farm and Quate Place sites were among the earliest East Texas archaeological sites to be investigated by professional archaeologists at The University of Texas (UT), which began under the direction of Dr. J. E. Pearce between 1918-1920. According to Pearce, UT began work in this part of the state under the auspices of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and that work “had led me to suppose that I should find this part of the State rich in archeological material of a high order.” The two sites were investigated in August 1920. They are on Cobb Creek, a small and eastward-flowing tributary to the Neches River, nor far to the northeast of the town of Frankston, Texas; the sites are across the valley from each other. The De Rossett Farm site is on an upland slope on the north side of the valley, while the Quate Place site is on an upland slope on the south side of the Cobb Creek valley, about 2 km west of the Neches River, and slightly southeast from the De Rossett Farm. Both sites have domestic Caddo archaeological deposits, and there was an ancestral Caddo cemetery of an unknown extent and character at the De Rossett Farm.
Highlights
The De Rossett Farm and Quate Place sites were among the earliest East Texas archaeological sites to be investigated by professional archaeologists at The University of Texas (UT), which began under the direction of Dr J
The De Rossett Farm site is on an upland slope on the north side of the valley, while the Quate Place site is on an upland slope on the south side of the Cobb Creek valley, about 2 km west of the Neches River, and slightly southeast from the De Rossett Farm
Pearce of UT in 1920, and are among the Àrst sites investigated by professional archaeologists in the state of Texas
Summary
The De Rossett Farm and Quate Place sites were among the earliest East Texas archaeological sites to be investigated by professional archaeologists at The University of Texas (UT), which began under the direction of Dr J. Journal of Northeast Texas Archaeology 67 (2016) 47 SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: De Rossett Farm VESSEL NO.: 21 VESSEL FORM: Bowl NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip CORE COLOR: B (Àred and cooled in a reducing environment) INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; Àre clouds on the rim and body WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 5.0 mm INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed HEIGHT (IN CM): 4.1 ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.7 DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 7.4 BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.4; circular and rounded ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.1 DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel is decorated with a series of six short and narrow vertical engraved panels (Figure 5). One of the carinated bowl sherds has a horizontal and diagonal engraved element on the rim panel, with a small excised triangle on the diagonal line, and vertical brushing marks on the vessel body (Figure 9b)
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