I'm doing a semi-casual survey of a 10-acre plot that belongs to my mother. She studied archeology while the family lived in New Mexico, and she'd appreciate a few specimens that came from her own yard, so to speak. I signed up here mainly to get help interpreting anything I might find.
Me: sub-academic, but interested in geology, archeology, and anthropology since I was a kid. I thought the geology here, which is limestone on top of limestone that's under other limestone with limestone sprinkles, was boring at first, but it's getting more interesting every time I walk the property. It's in the Edwards Limestone formation, out west of San Marcos. Lots of chert, hosts the Edwards aquifer, and even the limestone has enough variety to keep one poking around.
Finds so far: what I'm pretty sure is an end scraper and a side or turtleback scraper. A few pieces that look might be cores. A chunk of amoeba chert threaded through a limestone boulder. I'll upload some pictures as soon as I get them edited to forum size.
Hello from the ragged edge of Hill Country.
Me: sub-academic, but interested in geology, archeology, and anthropology since I was a kid. I thought the geology here, which is limestone on top of limestone that's under other limestone with limestone sprinkles, was boring at first, but it's getting more interesting every time I walk the property. It's in the Edwards Limestone formation, out west of San Marcos. Lots of chert, hosts the Edwards aquifer, and even the limestone has enough variety to keep one poking around.
Finds so far: what I'm pretty sure is an end scraper and a side or turtleback scraper. A few pieces that look might be cores. A chunk of amoeba chert threaded through a limestone boulder. I'll upload some pictures as soon as I get them edited to forum size.
Hello from the ragged edge of Hill Country.
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