Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 13, 2018 12:51:34 GMT -5
Howdy folks, I love to hike and am in charge of cutting and clearing horse trails here on our 3000 acre ranch. Since I'm old and clumsy I tend to keep my eyes where I puts my foots and this is some of the stuff I pick up on my walks. Most our topsoil has washed away so we often find 4000 plus year old stuff right on the surface. real collecting took place when the ranch was first settled back in the 1970's. I sure wish I could have walked it then. Old timers talk of picking up pocketfuls of perfect points right by our mailboxes. Now a good oneis a rare find.....Mel
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Post by MsAli on Apr 13, 2018 12:55:50 GMT -5
Really neat finds What tribes were in your area?
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Post by RickB on Apr 13, 2018 13:57:00 GMT -5
Nice artifacts, thanks for showing us. Those bifurcated points are great finds.
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goatgrinder
spending too much on rocks
Make mine a man cave
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Post by goatgrinder on Apr 13, 2018 14:35:11 GMT -5
Lucky horse trails
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 13, 2018 14:38:56 GMT -5
SCORE!!!!! Wow Mel,you have some beauties!
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 13, 2018 19:37:26 GMT -5
This part of the hill county was neutral territory for the Amerinds as many tribes came here to collect the local chert. Commonest finds are huge bifaces they chipped to make transport to final camps easier. Historic tribes were Tonkawa, Lipan Apache, Waco, Chana and Comanches, but many of these finds are older and the names of those archaic tribes are not really known as they predate written history. Very little is known of the Chana except they did exist. In Texas, after the Mexicans and whites came, the Amerinds were pretty much wiped out but man, based on how many artifacts are around, it was pretty heavily populated at intervals. When I'm out on horseback, there are areas where waste flakes from knapping are scattered everywhere and the dirt is black from old campfires.....Mel
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Post by MsAli on Apr 13, 2018 19:46:37 GMT -5
Thank you Mel I find Native American history fascinating Have you ever dug down deeper?
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,466
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 14, 2018 8:11:59 GMT -5
In the past there have been major excavations on a village site above our lake and of course, illegal trespassers who dig are fairly common. Their dang holes are a hazard to our horses and cattle so we patrol as much as possible and no longer allow digging. Several of the older residents have spectacular collections from back in the 70's when the ranch was first settled and digging was allowed. The neighboring ranch where we ride sometimes, has a little museum full of artifacts from a camp site on his place and he has frames full of eye popping artifacts, some quite rare like corner notched blades and Kerr Knives that were used for buffalo processing. All the stuff I find is just surface material and I also own a hill with an Amerind flint/chert quarrying site where I find some stuff when I'm doing weed work.....Mel
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lookatthat
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Whatever there is to be found.
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Post by lookatthat on Apr 27, 2018 18:46:06 GMT -5
Oh, those are lousy. Hardly worth bothering with. Surely they are just cluttering up your house. I'll do you a favor and take then in... Love this stuff! I've never found any bifurcated points. Love the variety.
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