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Hello to all! Thought i would share some recent finds from my new hometown of Grand Saline, Texas.
I have a friend who is commercially developing some land right near the old downtown in Grand Saline. I knew the spot had great potential for artifacts based on its proximity to the salt flats and a small creek. He gave me permission to look around and these are some of the finds. The lot was recently scraped with a dozer and the upper two feet of topsoil were removed. All of the artifacts were found scattered around the surface of the site in less than a two acre area.
The large metate is probably my favorite artifact, It was upside down and mostly buried but i knew that large of a rock was out of place. I'm really glad i flipped it over!
I have found several nutting stones and hand axes. The nutting stone pictured has every side pecked... never seen that before.
The large, serrated Darl? was found broken in the 3 pieces all right next to each other. The dozer had just run it over.
Enjoy!
I have a friend who is commercially developing some land right near the old downtown in Grand Saline. I knew the spot had great potential for artifacts based on its proximity to the salt flats and a small creek. He gave me permission to look around and these are some of the finds. The lot was recently scraped with a dozer and the upper two feet of topsoil were removed. All of the artifacts were found scattered around the surface of the site in less than a two acre area.
The large metate is probably my favorite artifact, It was upside down and mostly buried but i knew that large of a rock was out of place. I'm really glad i flipped it over!
I have found several nutting stones and hand axes. The nutting stone pictured has every side pecked... never seen that before.
The large, serrated Darl? was found broken in the 3 pieces all right next to each other. The dozer had just run it over.
Enjoy!
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