Some finds in Crystal City, TX by Laredo

[abarnard]

Here are some pics of some artifacts that I recovered in Crystal City along the Nueces River. Found one uniface blade/scraper that has been reworked along the edges a little, what looks to be a triangle point, and a very small preform or bifacial scraper. The point looks tapered at one end, not at the point end. I am thinking that it was broke at one time then made into a scraper, ??. Or, that was what was the maker intended to do, I am not 100% sure; it's not worked on both sides at the hafting end just one side has been worked, it is not a broke tip though. I hope the pic is good enough to see. I had only a little time to hunt the area b/c I happened to be working an oil and gas job at the time, so I am sure I overlooked alot of area. If anyone has pics of different triangle points that would help a lot. Thanks...

 

[Tnmountains]

Way to go
Your hard work and hunting has sure paid off for you. That triangular is a common made nice point all across the U.S. Its called many things and depends upon where you are.
The scrapers and preform/scraper are great. Beautiful material and workmanship. You did well down in Crystal City. Am happy for you. You brought home some keepers.
Regards,
TnMountains

 

[abarnard]

Thanks TN, I will be going back there tomorrow to finish up the job in Crystal City.. I will be working along a few ranches/farms that skirt the Nueces monitoring vibroseis trucks. Hope I have time to search around a bit, b/c I am telling you these areas are really prime b/c no one hunts them. Mostly just farmers and foremans around. I have talked to the foremans out there and they don't care that I am out there, b/c I am just working... Hope to get some time to kick around a bit of dirt. Oh, that brown triangle point I found is a commonly found point type in South Texas, and it sure looks to be a Tortuga triangle point, maybe, that's labeled either early to middle Archaic. Archaeologists have been trying to correlate different types from the area, but it's been a tough ordeal.... It was mentioned the larger the point the older it is. Mine is medium sized for a South Texas triangle point. Also mentioned, was the fact that these point types were commonly used as tools other than just dart points; knives, scrapers, etc.. The points were supposidly not stemmed due to the rough materials available, i.e. not the best lithic sources.. There's not a large availability of superb lithics to choose from in that region it was said.. Well, that's all I got on it so far.... thanks for checkin it out..

 

[creek astronaut]

real nice finds

 

[MANCHU]

Good Job !

 

[Th3rty7]

nice finds abarnard, some interesting materials and artifacts.

 

[bravowhiskey]

nice finds, is the green from algae in river or the actual color of the rock?
Keep an eye peeled.

BW

 

[abarnard]

The point is brown in color, and it was cleaned before I took the pic. All the pieces shown were cleaned, so you are looking at the actual color.. Thanks for looking, and I will keep my eyes peeled.