Digging Texas! will be back at the Ranch Creek! site where we discovered Texas rarest Paleo, a Barber. Barber's are only found in 7 counties of Texas!
The odds of finding another are indeed rare BUT in our diggers/sifters favor is that the backhoe broke down last dig just as we found it!
So guess where we are going to be digging first thing this Saturday (4/27) morning! It's also the same hole that Hal's nice Arenosa/Langry came out, so we are expecting to have a good morning!
If we get another Barber I will send in the photos to AustinDiggers.com so you guys/gals can enjoy it with us!
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Hopefully Bob's on his way to his dig site, I'll give it a try:
From Dr Hesters book, Stone artifacts of Texas;
primarily;
1..GILLESPIE
2..BEXAR
3.WILLIAMSON
By seperate Email, Tehuacana reports a find right on the line of,
4..FRIO / LASALLE
Bo's find ( at Bob's dig )dead on the intersection of 3 counties.
5..EDWARDS / REAL / UVALDE
Bob would have to anotate what is on his list...
While looking into this, if you plot the finds on a map, there is a lot of counties in between those listed above.
In Dr H's reference to 3 counties, the important word is " primarily". . . . Academic typing, location and dating is ONLY based on very solid excavations with supporting insitu confirmations such as an undisturbed camp or burial.
The Barber I found was on a creek rich in artifacts, all surface finds. The dates ranged the gammit of time, from Ango's to Perdiz. Highest percentage of Clear Forks in my collection of over 200 and most of the Guadalupes were found along that creek. The only Andice (broken-impact fractured) that I ever found in So.Tx was also on that creek.
Thanks for the input on the county distribution. I have found Barbers digging in Coryell and McClennan counties, and was curious about their documented range.