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Post by RickB on Apr 12, 2024 19:55:50 GMT -5
Very nice. Kinda look like fine jasper., Let's call it jaspoo. Edit: Or maybe dungforest jasper.
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Post by RickB on Apr 12, 2024 19:44:41 GMT -5
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Post by RickB on Apr 12, 2024 19:23:21 GMT -5
I would think the shaft would be betwixt the two long sides which are rounded so when wrapped they have stability and grip which won’t wobble as much nor point slide off the shaft. I shoot a 25lb recurve bow for a cpl years now. Am very much interested in mounted archery. 👈 very much unrelated. Don’t know why I felt the need to include that nevertheless I did so I did. 🤷♀️ I did a search and found out more info and photos of what was found at the tomb site. Among things that were found were "a set of stone "arrow heads" that are too finely made to have been any use." RWA3006 I may attempt to replicate one of these in the future. benedante.blogspot.com/2021/11/poisoned-women-and-beaded-dresses-from.html
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Post by RickB on Apr 12, 2024 11:38:44 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this Patty. These would be delicate eccentric pieces made for ornamental purposes and they would not be hafted to an arrow shaft. Buried with someone of high regard.
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Post by RickB on Apr 12, 2024 7:00:37 GMT -5
The edges of the rocks in photos 2 and 3 have that classic side to side stitching pattern that is done to reduce a piece of rock down to a biface. I'm surprised that you haven't found any points or tools. I find a lot of flakes, cores, and cast off broken pieces but I've never found any whole implements. strange. I would think that that area would qualify to be what is considered a quarry where quality rock is found and reduced for easier transportation. Most of the broken points you've found may have been broken during the production process. The reduced rock would then be brought back to a campsite where it would be further refined into finished points and tools. Search for the nearest area where water could be found either all year or part of the year. That would most likely be were the bifaces would be finished for use.
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Post by RickB on Apr 11, 2024 17:36:34 GMT -5
The edges of the rocks in photos 2 and 3 have that classic side to side stitching pattern that is done to reduce a piece of rock down to a biface. I'm surprised that you haven't found any points or tools.
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Post by RickB on Apr 11, 2024 7:53:06 GMT -5
Late winter storm broke a channel marker loose and washed it ashore. Buoy, I hate when that happens. Wildflowers Daisy during the eclipse
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Post by RickB on Apr 10, 2024 17:21:10 GMT -5
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Post by RickB on Apr 9, 2024 8:37:01 GMT -5
NASA to create a new time zone for the moon www.space.com/white-house-nasa-time-zone-moonFrom space.com "The White House has tasked NASA with creating a new time zone for the moon by the end of 2026, as part of the United States' broader goal to establish international norms in space."
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Post by RickB on Apr 8, 2024 16:23:52 GMT -5
Best photo I could capture with my hand held Canon Power Shot. Held one side of my special viewing glasses against the lens for a filter. It was just a partial here on the SC coast.
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Post by RickB on Apr 5, 2024 18:19:07 GMT -5
It was a beautiful morning.
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Post by RickB on Apr 5, 2024 18:12:08 GMT -5
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Post by RickB on Apr 2, 2024 17:37:29 GMT -5
Our Easter cactus - I used to think they were all Christmas cacti.
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Post by RickB on Apr 1, 2024 15:49:45 GMT -5
I want to introduce you all to Daisy, a 12 week old cocker spaniel who we bought and picked up today while we were traveling to the SC coast. The toddler's first two weeks with us will be her first camping trip. It's been rough on us since our Maggie passed away this past valentines day from an illness she had been battling since the middle of last year. Daisy inherits all of Maggie's toys and her human companions. jasoninsd
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Post by RickB on Apr 1, 2024 15:49:34 GMT -5
Spring in Az, Gila style. Not a gator, but I like him.
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Post by RickB on Mar 31, 2024 14:48:49 GMT -5
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Post by RickB on Mar 29, 2024 17:03:17 GMT -5
Wisteria has been in bloom for a couple weeks now.
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Post by RickB on Mar 28, 2024 15:59:54 GMT -5
The first thing I thought of was maybe that white area is a hunk of bone that the animal ate? Good guess but because of many other specimens with these features I've been able to put together numerous clues with some detective work and form an accurate hypothesis. On the above specimen you can see the ghost of a wood limb in the middle that's rather large. The growth rings aren't really well defined, but you can see the radial cracks emanating from the center typical of a limb. OK, that's one part of the story. The second part is that white structure. Detailed somewhere in the previous 162 pages of this thread we've been able to determine that anomalies like this are the burrows of dung beetle larvae that are filled with the excrement of the larva. Fossilized poo inside fossilized poo. It's interesting to note that the limb was not totally digested, and the larva deflected around the contour of the limb in its burrowing endeavor. Randy, I think I can safely assume that the Hadrosaur that passed that log had a bad case of hemorrhoids. Alternate scenario - Mr. Hadrosaur died from a massive log jam. Beetles, other insects and scavengers then took over.
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Post by RickB on Mar 28, 2024 11:52:54 GMT -5
The HU - Wolf Totem
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Post by RickB on Mar 27, 2024 13:54:01 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Mel
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