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Some stuff I found in El Paso.

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cowboy:
Almost forgot I had this stuff. Some pottery found just outside the entrance to jobsite - they were cutting a haul road with maintainer, I found them in the burm on side of road. And a grind stone (don't know what their called) for grinding grain I suppose. Found a lot of Pottery shards associated with debitage and shells all over that desert (Chihuahuan desert). Also found a few points, can't locate em at the moment - I put em somewhere safe ;D. Thought ya'll might like to see em..
 I did visit the museum there and found out that the indians that inhabited that area were Mescallero Apache - so I figure that's who made this stuff.

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GregB:

That's an impressive find. I've found a few small broken pieces of pottery over the years in the river bottoms. There is an indian mound near my house that you can see from the road. The local college dug in it years ago. I'm less then a mile from the Cumberland River where I live.

mullet:
  Nice find Cowboy.To bad you didn't get to that big pot before the tractor.The grinding stone is a Metate.

cowboy:
Thanks Greg, Eddie - I knew them things had a name but didn't know what it was. I tried digging and sifting out there but didn't find sh!& :). That sand and wind has a way of burying stuff for mellenia, then uncovering it later - best bet I found was to look on the surface..

Pat B:
Cool finds Paul. I love hunting artifacts. Haven't done it for years.    Pat

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