Archive for 'Flint Artifacts'
Texas Topaz; True Gemstone Points
Posted on05. Mar, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Topaz occurs naturally in the Llano Uplift region of Texas and is collected by locals and tourists alike. Mason County, in the Texas Hill Country seems to be ground zero and a popular hunting ground for the famous blue topaz. It’s here where the largest known gem-quality topaz was discovered, a 1,296 gram, pale -blue [...]
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Central Texas Clovis Cache
Posted on04. Mar, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
In 2004, a sand mining operation in central Texas uncovered a cache of Clovis artifacts. Thirteen bifaces in varying stages of manufacture were unearthed. While this rare find was not scientifically excavated, there is much than can be learned from the assemblage. Clovis points are found in central Texas however, Clovis caches are extremely rare [...]
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Possibly the Most Prolific Paleo Site; Cibilo Creek
Posted on01. Mar, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Buried deep below the sand on a rise above Cibilo Creek, lies possibly the most prolific Paleo site found to date. Located 20 miles southeast of San Antonio, Texas, collectors know it better as the Wilson County Sand Pit (WCSP), a reference to the commercial sand mining operation responsible for discovering the site. Thousands of [...]
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Landscaping Reveals Clovis Cache
Posted on26. Feb, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
A routine landscaping job turns up a cache of 83 Clovis related artifacts. Approximately just 18″ below the surface lay a Paleoindian tool kit, undisturbed for 13,000 years. Undisturbed that is, until it was time for spring planting in Boulder, Colorado. Patrick Mahaffey contacted Colorado University after a landscaping crew struck flint artifacts while working. [...]
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Arrowheadology Exclusive: Shifting Sands Folsom Site
Posted on17. Feb, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Imagine being the first to discover a prolific Paleoindian site where no one else has ever collected. Sound good? What if this happened to be a single occupation site distinctly Folsom-Midland? Specifically, the site was utilized only by the Folsom-Midland people and is devoid of artifacts from any other culture. And,…you are the only one [...]
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Top 10 Arrowhead Urban Legends & Folklore
Posted on01. Jan, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Sure you’ve heard them. Maybe even believed them yourself at one time. They are the “old wives’ tales” of the artifact world. And some of them are doozies. These are the stories you heard when you first started collecting or occasionally still might hear in certain circles. Let’s take a look at some of the [...]
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Corner Tang; A Texas Original
Posted on01. Jan, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
One of the many great archeological mysteries of Texas is ‘how where corner tang knives hafted?’
Luckily with the help of some very dedicated individuals, replication studies, and high power microscopy, we have a some plausible theories.
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Welcome to Arrowheadology.com
Posted on30. Dec, 2008 by Big Ed.
(ar·row·head·ol·o·gist) – A person who shares in the wonder of ancient artifacts and early man. There are few “hobbies” that illicit as much passion as that of pursuing ancient relics such as arrowheads. There is something very special that happens when holding an arrowhead… it is a literal connection to the old-world and to early [...]
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