Stone tools from Central Texas predate Clovis

[Kray Gelder]

Saw this on https://www.sciencedaily.com today. The Gault Site in central Texas has produced stone tools dating from 16-20,000 years ago. The Gault School of Archeological Research found these underlying a Clovis component, and dated them using the Optically Simulated Luminescence method.

 

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[uglymailman]

The crudest points I ever found was in McCullough Co. about 15 miles West of the Exact Geographical Center of TX.. Locals told me they were 5-10K yrs. old. Good luck.

 

[ptsofnc]

If you're interested in a book about the Gault site.....CLOVIS LITHIC TECHNOLOGY "Investigation of a Stratified Workshop at the Gault Site, Texas".......Michael Waters, 2011. It is an interesting but technical read.

 

[joshuaream]

If you notice letters h & i in that bunch... There is no one who knows anything about Texas arrowheads would would have found a base like those and believed they were pre-clovis... Wild stuff, with really solid science to back up the wildest stuff.

 

[arrow86]

If you notice letters h & i in that bunch... There is no one who knows anything about Texas arrowheads would would have found a base like those and believed they were pre-clovis... Wild stuff, with really solid science to back up the wildest stuff.

Yeah, if C, G and I are pre Clovis than I guess most of my collection is pre Clovis .....lol

 

[dognose]

I have read about the Gault Site in the past. Interesting reading.

I have also read the theory and debate that the Sandia Point predates Clovis as well.

Here is the column on the lithiccastinglab web site, which I find interesting.

I found a point way back in the late 1970's, which resembles the sandia Type I


I have withheld judgement on whether the Sandia predates Clovis. But I like reading about that sort of theory.

There was also some digs going on over the last number of years in South America which the archaeologist theorized where older than Clovis.

 

[Rick K]

Yes, Tom Dillehay at Vanderbilt University documented the Monte Verde site in Chile.

 

[uniface]

The Gault School of Archeological Research found these underlying a Clovis component, and dated them using the Optically Simulated Luminescence method.

A key takeaway.