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| Today the Dallas Paleontological Society took a field trip to a Pleistocene gravel quarry near Hutchins, Texas. The day started with everyone gathering at a gas station to caravan to the actual quarry. | ||
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| At the quarry Roger Farish giving a mini lecture about the Pleistocene Period and what we may find. While it was assumed the pickings would be slim we knew there was still a chance of someone finding something interesting... | ||
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| At the back of the quarry in the upper dark silty layer are discovered a lot of pieces of bone including a skull and long limb bones which turn out to be Human. | ||
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| Wes Kirpach finds some leg bones sticking out of the dark layer which also turn out to be Human. | ||
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| The partial pelvis and leg bones Wes excavated (displayed
later at the August 13th DPS meeting) |
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| Also found are miscellaneous bits and pieces of bone in sediment which also contain a bright orange material. Polly pointed out that this maybe ceremonial ochre. | ||
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| Around lunchtime the quarry operator displays the best find to come from the gravel sifters, a mammoth tooth. | ||
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Equine tooth? |
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