Mark, The state of preservation of the knotted and twisted cordage in the next to last picture on the right is truly amazing. It is difficult to believe this material is thousands of years old, much less 9000.Great article.
Fritz -----Original Message----- From: Mark Minton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Texascavers] Re: website for Hinds Cave The URL is <http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/hinds/index.html>. There is a photo of some people working on an an archaeological dig in 1976, and one of them is a "student" named Michael Boon! Is that Mike Boon the caver? The picture does not show enough to identify the person, but I didn't think he was ever a student in Texas. Mark At 12:47 AM 1/20/2011, Logan McNatt wrote: >For photos of Hinds Cave (including a coprolite) and a very >informative description of the perishable archeological finds >(fibers, netting, cordage, etc), go to the Texas Beyond History >website and click on the dot labeled Hinds Cave on the map of >Texas. Texas A&M excavated part of the midden in the mid-1970s, and >I went there once around 1979. The description includes a sidebar >titled "Cave, Shelter, or Rockshelter"; Hinds Cave is a large >rockshelter, 120 ft wide by 75 ft deep. > >Logan Please reply to [email protected] Permanent email address is [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
