Hello! A few years back, we inherited a piece of recreational land about 5 miles up river from a place called Paint Rock, Texas, which is probably best known for the nearby pictographs that range in date from about 1000 AD to the 1700s. The property is usually used for hunting (of the animal variety), camping or to look for freshwater pearls in the Concho River, which is the northern most property line.
I was out walking the property the other day and came across a large draw where I set up to hunt. As I was looking around, I noticed a lot of busted up flint around the flat rocks surrounding the draw and started to wonder how much use the property had seen historically due to its close proximity to a well known stop-off for old tribes. Clearly, those rocks are hard enough to not be that busted up without human intervention, and the property is useless for farming, so I know machinery couldn't have worn them down over years.
I asked my parents and they said that the gentleman that lived there previously had a collection of projectile points that he had collected over the years, but that they're stored somewhere up in the attic. So as soon as I find those points, I'd love to share and get some feedback about them. I know very little about what I'd be looking for out on the property, but have found a few very recognizable pieces by kicking through plowed fields when I was younger.
Anyways, I thought I'd stop by and make an introduction before poking around too much. I'm sure I'll be spending a lot of time reading over old posts and checking in at "What did I find" until I can at least figure out the difference between an eroded piece of rock and something that has actually been worked. Lol.
I was out walking the property the other day and came across a large draw where I set up to hunt. As I was looking around, I noticed a lot of busted up flint around the flat rocks surrounding the draw and started to wonder how much use the property had seen historically due to its close proximity to a well known stop-off for old tribes. Clearly, those rocks are hard enough to not be that busted up without human intervention, and the property is useless for farming, so I know machinery couldn't have worn them down over years.
I asked my parents and they said that the gentleman that lived there previously had a collection of projectile points that he had collected over the years, but that they're stored somewhere up in the attic. So as soon as I find those points, I'd love to share and get some feedback about them. I know very little about what I'd be looking for out on the property, but have found a few very recognizable pieces by kicking through plowed fields when I was younger.
Anyways, I thought I'd stop by and make an introduction before poking around too much. I'm sure I'll be spending a lot of time reading over old posts and checking in at "What did I find" until I can at least figure out the difference between an eroded piece of rock and something that has actually been worked. Lol.
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