Posted on 03/24/2011 5:55:11 PM PDT by decimon
Humans camped by the shores of a small creek in Texas possibly even before the Clovis society, classically regarded as the first human inhabitants of the Americas, settled in the West.
The site, located in central Texas on the bank of Buttermilk Creek, has produced almost 16,000 artifacts, including stone chips and blade-like objects, in soil dating up to 15,500 years old, more than 2,000 years before the first evidence of Clovis culture. Many of the items are flakes from cutting or sharpening of tools, but the research team also found about 50 tools, including several cutting surfaces — including spear points and knives.
"The tools that we found there indicate that they were camping along the Buttermilk Creek," study researcher Mike Waters, at Texas A&M University, told LiveScience. "This probably would have been a place where they were living and conducting daily activities."
All of the objects were small and light and seem to indicate that the group led a mobile lifestyle, moving from place to place but always returning. From the wear and tear on the artifacts, some seem to have been used for cutting soft materials, like hides, while others may have been used on harder materials, like stone.
The prehistoric humans seem to have used the site for multiple centuries, as the soil where the artifacts were found was dated to between 12,800 and 15,500 years ago. "They would leave the site and come back, and each time leave behind evidence of their activities," Waters said. "They slowly but surely built up these deposits. Dating them shows they range from 15,500 years ago, then just keep going until the Clovis material."
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Nothing serious I’m sure, I think he’s just scaled back his FR activity.
Yeah, most likely you’re correct, that needs to happen from time to time.
I’ve met some prehistoric Texans. Some right here on Free Republic. So this article must be true.
Ugg ugg ya’ll ......
Those were traded for cases of Coors .....
Aha...
I remember years ago of sales people driving from Colorado with a van full of Coors to satisfy their customer at TI in Houston. (It was not available in Texas in those days)
Well, someone woke up an old thread. I’ve found artifacts in the most unlikely places when not expecting them.
http://outofatlantis.blogspot.com/2012/03/19000-year-old-virginia-flint-knife.html
You’re right. Artifacts are everywhere. Keep looking down :)
Or they could have simply followed the currents to S.A. or N.A. as the Jomon in present-day Japan did 20,000 years ago. They likely used the same techniques as Polynesians used to navigate the Pacific - follow the currents.
” - - - classically regarded as the first human inhabitants of the Americas, - - - “
Your hotlink to the article is not yet working for me. Does the author state that the first humans came from the Gulf of Mexico? They would have to have to be the “ first human inhabitants of the Americas.”
But, I am certainly not dismissing what you are saying or the evidence for same, just making the case for incremental shore-hugging exploration.
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