Archive for 'Texas'
Universities Dumping Artifacts; Pilot Program Entails Unloading Arrowhead Warehouses
Posted on01. Apr, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
In an unprecedented move announced Wednesday, it appears the Texas Archeological Research Lab (TARL) will be liquidating it’s collection of more than 80 years of Texas artifacts. The move comes on the heals of state budget cuts that make it difficult for the state funded program to continue warehousing stockpiles of Indian artifacts. TARL spokes [...]
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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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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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Largest arrowhead ever photographed!
Posted on15. Feb, 2009 by Big Ed.
Sometimes you just see a picture that just makes you smile. Or, at least it makes you smirk. Taken in San Bernardino, California, this is certainly one of those pictures. The dimensions and materials used in crafting this particular “arrowhead” make it singularly unique. And fun! 
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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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