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New Archaeological site I'm working on

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snedeker:
the stuff is in the photog. dept now.  Some pics soon.  The indians know what they were about, didn't they.  Quartzite is a metemorphosed sandstone.  Thre must be traits associated with that were attractive for certain purposes.  Paleoindian sites are often found close to sources of it, yet all the paleo diagnostics (the fluted points) are of fine cryptochrystalline cherts.  They seem to have like Qzite for the flake tools.  Guys around 3000-1000 BC didn;t care and made a lot of points from it.

I wiill be going out there with a qeologist and geomorphologist to check out the setting.  I'll  get some cobbles.  Might be a few weeks.

Dave

D. Tiller:
No problem! We tend to be a pretty patient group here.  Now if you can put up with us bugging you every ten minutes with questions like "You got the rock yet?" or "Hows it work?" you should be ok!  ;D

David T

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