tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post1641916148087928815..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Big CoreSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-91647846561773828742008-02-16T09:27:00.000-08:002008-02-16T09:27:00.000-08:00Thanks, Reid!It looked like bubbles under the fing...Thanks, Reid!<BR/><BR/>It looked like bubbles under the fingers of her left hand in the second photo, indicating volcanic rock, but I wasn't sure. I didn't know that basalt would chip so well. <BR/><BR/>Very interesting that the folks you all are looking at didn't bring the obsidian such a short distance.mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-17203750048143998172008-02-16T07:13:00.000-08:002008-02-16T07:13:00.000-08:00In this area we have a lot of basaltic rocks that ...In this area we have a lot of basaltic rocks that have metmorphosed such that their grain is fine enough to chip. We refer to these in "short hand" as meta-volcanics.<BR/><BR/>The mega core Sarah has is the meta-volcanic that forms about 95% of the material we are seeing on sites here.<BR/><BR/>We are 20 miles or so from a major obsidian source and have yet to find a single piece here on the 250 or so sites we have so far. Big puzzle, especially as we have decent amounts of non-local chert.Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-90598267513759369162008-02-15T07:58:00.000-08:002008-02-15T07:58:00.000-08:00Great! Another archeology in the field post!What s...Great! Another archeology in the field post!<BR/><BR/>What sort of rock is that? It doesn't look waxy enough for flint. Some other chert?mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.com