The Surprising Ways Inventions And Ideas Spread In Ancient Prehistory - OpEd

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4. It's funny most people don't realize how much history is hidden below their feet.

Even here along the gulf coast you can find ancient Clovis points and other stone tools. There have been more Clovis points found at McFadden beach than anywhere else in Texas along with mammoth bones and other animals just laying on the ground. You know there had to be camps in the area. But as far as I know none have been found. Smaller sites early sites don’t get the same attention they deserve.

I was a member of the Houston gem and mineral society. Went on a couple trips with them. One was on private land near Jasper Texas. My wife found a really nice fossilized palmwood scraper. All I got was a bad back trying to get 4 chunks of fossilized tree trunks to the car. I still get emails from them. Every so often they send a link to live talks from archeologists, paleontologists, etc. pretty interesting hearing it directly from them.