Archeological Investigations in Crosby and Dickens Counties, Texas during the Winter, 1966-1967. Parsons, M. L. State Building Commission, Austin, Texas, May, 1967. ARC Library #148![Archeological Investigations in Crosby and Dickens Counties, Texas during the Winter, 1966-1967 [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex This paper presents preliminary results of a program of archeological reconnaissance and testing in Crosby and Dickens Counties, Texas. The genesis of the project occurred when, during the week of Thanksgiving, 1966, the author had an opportunity to revisit several previously known sites in that vicinity and found that increasing interest in subsurface archeological remains on the part of local collectors was endangering many important sites. In that area—the region along the eastern edge of the Texas high plains often called "Caprock country"—surface sites abound, but due to prolonged subjection to heavy erosional activity, few locations remain where cultural materials are preserved in a stratified context. This lack, coupled with a near vacuum in the knowledge of post-Paleo-Indian prehistory of the area, made it doubly important that an attempt be made to salvage some of the data being threatened by relic hunters. Consequently, a contract was entered into by Southern Methodist University and the State Building Commission (under which the archeological program is supervised by state archeologist, Curtis Tunnell) providing funds for limited excavation and site survey in Crosby and Dickens Counties. Work was begun two days after Christmas 1966 and continued through January 22, 1967. It had been originally planned that three sites be tested, with fairly extensive excavation being conducted at the Pete Creek Site (X41Cb1 and limited work being carried on at the Dockurn Springs Site (X41Dk1) and the Red Mud Creek Site (X41Dk2). It developed, however, that the Pete Creek Site, probably the most important of the three and certainly the one most threatened with destruction, consumed nearly all of the available time and funds. As a consequence, only survey reports of the Dickens County sites appear herein. During reconnaissance a historic burial location was encountered. It is described as the Morgan Jones Site (X41Cb2).
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title = {Archeological {Investigations} in {Crosby} and {Dickens} {Counties}, {Texas} during the {Winter}, 1966-1967},
shorttitle = {Archeological {Investigations} in {Crosby} and {Dickens} {Counties}, {Texas} 1966-1967},
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abstract = {This paper presents preliminary results of a program of archeological reconnaissance and testing in Crosby and Dickens Counties, Texas. The genesis of the project occurred when, during the week of Thanksgiving, 1966, the author had an opportunity to revisit several previously known sites in that vicinity and found that increasing interest in subsurface archeological remains on the part of local collectors was endangering many important sites. In that area—the region along the eastern edge of the Texas high plains often called "Caprock country"—surface sites abound, but due to prolonged subjection to heavy erosional activity, few locations remain where cultural materials are preserved in a stratified context. This lack, coupled with a near vacuum in the knowledge of post-Paleo-Indian prehistory of the area, made it doubly important that an attempt be made to salvage some of the data being threatened by relic hunters. Consequently, a contract was entered into by Southern Methodist University and the State Building Commission (under which the archeological program is supervised by state archeologist, Curtis Tunnell) providing funds for limited excavation and site survey in Crosby and Dickens Counties.
Work was begun two days after Christmas 1966 and continued through January 22, 1967. It had been originally planned that three sites be tested, with fairly extensive excavation being conducted at the Pete Creek Site (X41Cb1 and limited work being carried on at the Dockurn Springs Site (X41Dk1) and the Red Mud Creek Site (X41Dk2). It developed, however, that the Pete Creek Site, probably the most important of the three and certainly the one most threatened with destruction, consumed nearly all of the available time and funds. As a consequence, only survey reports of the Dickens County sites appear herein.
During reconnaissance a historic burial location was encountered. It is described as the Morgan Jones Site (X41Cb2).},
number = {7},
publisher = {State Building Commission},
author = {Parsons, Mark L.},
month = may,
year = {1967},
note = {ARC Library \#148},
keywords = {Texas, Crosby County, Dickens County},
}
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