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Prehistoric Texans May Have Been First Humans in U.S.
Live Science ^ | March 24, 2011 | Unknown

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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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; texas
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To: wildbill

:’D


41 posted on 05/22/2012 10:39:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Dysart

Nothing serious I’m sure, I think he’s just scaled back his FR activity.


42 posted on 05/22/2012 10:45:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Arrowhead1952
I was wondering where Buttermilk Creek was too. We used to have a place near Tarpley on Pigeon Roost Creek where I found some incredible artifacts.
43 posted on 05/22/2012 10:47:16 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: SunkenCiv

Yeah, most likely you’re correct, that needs to happen from time to time.


44 posted on 05/22/2012 10:57:58 AM PDT by Dysart (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke)
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To: decimon

Link that works.

http://www.livescience.com/13398-americans-predate-clovis-110324.html


45 posted on 05/22/2012 12:26:27 PM PDT by wolfcreek (‘closed eye’ mentality is the reason for our current reality)
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To: decimon

I’ve met some prehistoric Texans. Some right here on Free Republic. So this article must be true.


46 posted on 05/22/2012 1:05:24 PM PDT by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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To: decimon; Eaker; Allegra; humblegunner; razorback-bert; TEXASPROUD; Tijeras_Slim

Ugg ugg ya’ll ......


47 posted on 05/22/2012 3:08:52 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: blam

Those were traded for cases of Coors .....


48 posted on 05/22/2012 3:13:56 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Squantos
"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)

49 posted on 05/22/2012 3:35:42 PM PDT by blam
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To: Ditter

Well, someone woke up an old thread. I’ve found artifacts in the most unlikely places when not expecting them.


50 posted on 05/22/2012 4:35:40 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (It's time to take out the trash in DC.)
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To: decimon
[I .... will .. not .. make ... a ...joke ... about ... Rick ... Perry]
51 posted on 05/23/2012 3:55:09 AM PDT by Condor51 (Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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To: Arrowhead1952

http://outofatlantis.blogspot.com/2012/03/19000-year-old-virginia-flint-knife.html

You’re right. Artifacts are everywhere. Keep looking down :)


52 posted on 05/25/2012 7:02:53 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
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To: Pharmboy
“... all that these early invaders needed to do was follow the coastline in boats/rafts first going north along the east coast of Asia ...”

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.

53 posted on 05/27/2012 5:38:43 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: decimon

” - - - 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.”


54 posted on 05/27/2012 5:57:23 AM PDT by Graewoulf ((Dictator Baby-Doc Barack's obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND U.S. Constitution.))
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To: PIF
True enough...but, it would be easier to obtain food and water (going back to land to hunt and build a camp and a fire) and much less dangerous (storms) than blue water sailing, currents or not.

But, I am certainly not dismissing what you are saying or the evidence for same, just making the case for incremental shore-hugging exploration.

55 posted on 05/27/2012 6:35:30 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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