A behavioral landscape perspective on silcrete use in hunter-gatherer lithic technologies along the Southern High Plains Eastern Escarpment of Northwestern Texas (USA)

Hurst, Stance; Johnson, Eileen; Cunningham, Doug

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.02.019

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“…The basal section of the Ogallala Formation contains large clasts of basalt, brown siltstone, chalcedony, chert, petrified wood, silcrete, quartzarenite (referred to as Potter Member quartzite), purple quartzite, and other quartzites [36]. The Rocky Mountains in New Mexico are the source of many of the gravels; however, erosion of the upper section of the Ogallala Formation has exposed locally formed silcrete and chalcedony layers deposited as angular clasts alongside the other gravels within the research area [36,37].…”

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Collecting Rocks on the Frontier: Investigating the Geodiversity Significance of Historical Building Stones and Rock Collecting at the Maxey Homestead, Northwest Texas, USA

2023

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The geoheritage importance of the stones used in the construction of buildings in urban landscapes has been documented by several scholars around the world. Building stones can provide an ex situ cross-section of a region’s geodiversity and illuminate its cultural significance. Research at the historic Maxey Homestead (1902–1907), located along the eastern escarpment of the Southern High Plains near Post, Texas, has uncovered a rock collection gathered from local sources. In addition, rocks from the eastern escarpment were used to construct and decorate a house in 1938 (~9 km to the north) after the Maxeys moved from their original homestead. A combination of GIS and 3D mapping using an unmanned aerial vehicle were used to assess and analyze the geodiversity significance of the rock collection and rock-decorated house. Rock collecting and the use of local stones in building construction provide insights into the geodiversity of the Southern High Plains’ eastern escarpment and the historical geoheritage of northwest Texas in the early 20th century. The results of this study also demonstrate the importance of examining non-urban and historical landscapes for elucidating the significance of geodiversity to past peoples.

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Collecting Rocks on the Frontier: Investigating the Geodiversity Significance of Historical Building Stones and Rock Collecting at the Maxey Homestead, Northwest Texas, USA

2023

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“…This puts the main focus on the use of different raw material sources across sites, regions and time periods (Hurst et al . ).…”

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“…Alternatively, for lithic assemblages formed over several generations, a lithic catena method can be used. This puts the main focus on the use of different raw material sources across sites, regions and time periods (Hurst et al 2017).…”

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Quantifying how much raw material is needed: A case study based on the weight of the lithic artefacts from the Brno‐Štýřice III Epigravettian site (Moravia, Czech Republic)

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2019

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This paper compares the quantification of different raw materials in a chipped stone assemblage by weight and by number at the site of Brno‐Štýřice III in Moravia, Czech Republic. The use of the same reduction technology for all raw materials means that the Brno‐Štýřice III assemblage is a good case study. The result demonstrates that semi‐local raw material tends to dominate numerically, but in terms of weight, there is a significant change in the predominant raw material. The paper contextualizes the results in relation to other assemblages and discusses the possible reasons for this phenomenon.

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A behavioral landscape perspective on silcrete use in hunter-gatherer lithic technologies along the Southern High Plains Eastern Escarpment of Northwestern Texas (USA)

Cited by 2 publications

References 41 publications

Collecting Rocks on the Frontier: Investigating the Geodiversity Significance of Historical Building Stones and Rock Collecting at the Maxey Homestead, Northwest Texas, USA

Collecting Rocks on the Frontier: Investigating the Geodiversity Significance of Historical Building Stones and Rock Collecting at the Maxey Homestead, Northwest Texas, USA

Quantifying how much raw material is needed: A case study based on the weight of the lithic artefacts from the Brno‐Štýřice III Epigravettian site (Moravia, Czech Republic)

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