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Charlie
Hatchett Finds
Central
Texas, near the Wilson-Leonard Site
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Charlie Hatchett near Austin has found some interesting artifacts
along a stream in
an area of Texas that has long been the subject of profes-
sional
investigation. His finds, in rather uncertain context, include material
diag- nostic of
several time periods, and also lithic artifacts
quite similar to those at the Day's Knob site. Of
particular interest at his site are apparently manmade objects of
metal-bearing material, along with clearly artificial cavities in
limestone bedrock that are somewhat suggestive of a smelting
furnace.
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Classic
bifrontal image; quasi-anthropomorphic face at
right end, bird head left.
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Above: Note the distinct
bird head at the left end of this implement, and the more
abstract one at the right. Below: This same
tool shown beneath one of similar form and size from Day's Knob.
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Anthropomorphic
faces on simple tools.
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Apparently
a bird-form pendant, length 5 cm (2").
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Another
pendant, 11.5 cm (4.5").
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| A feature
carved into limestone bedrock, with an appearance suggesting use as a smelting
furnace. |
| Apparently manmade iron-bearing
bird figures, very interesting in the con- text of the
furnace-like structure.
Similar metallic artifact
material has appeared earlier in Ohio,
West
Virginia, and North Carolina.
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