tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post1372241008607226463..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Paisley Caves and Western Stemmed PointsSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-21449429067095527642012-07-18T09:32:56.899-07:002012-07-18T09:32:56.899-07:00Ha! I don't know if it is just a "Souther...Ha! I don't know if it is just a "Southern" thing or not, but around here, I often hear dachsunds pronounced "DASH-hounds"--which they are anything BUT of course! Now Teddy M., if you read this, I mean in comparison with sighthounds and the like ;).....L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-67120174933518895562012-07-18T08:14:28.209-07:002012-07-18T08:14:28.209-07:00I knew a woman who always pronounced it that way. ...I knew a woman who always pronounced it that way. She also called dachshunds "datsuns" though...Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-67514610818663545342012-07-18T07:33:34.637-07:002012-07-18T07:33:34.637-07:00Cool! Although the general public probably wouldn&...Cool! Although the general public probably wouldn't know the significance of "Clovis" or "Folsom". I think "Atlatl" would be a great hunting dog name, too! And to totally get off-subject, I have a degenerate desire to get a saluki and name it "Suzuki". Actually, I wouldn't be suprised if that's already been done, too!....L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-63542720978359968672012-07-17T09:26:18.622-07:002012-07-17T09:26:18.622-07:00"Clovis" WOULD be a GREAT sighthound nam..."Clovis" WOULD be a GREAT sighthound name, wouldn't it? Especially for one of those New Mexican Central Asian Lurcher types<br /><br />========================<br /><br />I have an archaeologist friend who had a sweet German Shepard mix dog he named Clovis many years ago. Folsom, another Paleoindian projectile point type based on a New Mexico town, would be another good dog name, I think.Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-236081848680906342012-07-17T05:30:04.721-07:002012-07-17T05:30:04.721-07:00I'm sorry, but I have to disagree on these hum...I'm sorry, but I have to disagree on these human coprolites being the oldest recorded. Some of the ones I have found in old rental places where I've lived undoubtedley predate these by centuries(and is one reason I got rent so cheap at those places! Yuck!)....And speaking of cool names, "Clovis" WOULD be a GREAT sighthound name, wouldn't it? Especially for one of those New Mexican Central Asian Lurcher types.......L. B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-19835449725962694882012-07-15T07:43:59.264-07:002012-07-15T07:43:59.264-07:00My friend in Portland is being completely facetiou...My friend in Portland is being completely facetious and snarky (you'd love Bob, he's a great guy) but I think we'd both agree with you Steve Earle could be considered the real originator of "Red Grass"<br /><br />Also, Portland is easy to ridicule. Having been there frequently on business lately I could tell you stories. As the satirical TV series "Portlandia" says, "Portland is where young people go to retire."<br /><br />Give the Peculiars and Adventure Eli hugs from usReid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-30844904672085983772012-07-15T07:34:16.215-07:002012-07-15T07:34:16.215-07:00I'll buy the DNA & radio carbon dating for...I'll buy the DNA & radio carbon dating for now but knowing the difference in technology from Clovis point to these fragments is a mystery.<br /><br />========================<br /><br />Clovis points and WSPs have very different shapes and are made with very different "plans of manufacture."<br /><br />If you look at the complete WSP I showed you'll see it has a contracting stem - the base is the narrowest part of the point. We assume it was meant to be hafted in some sort of a socket arrangement. WSPs are relatively thick in cross-section, sloping steeply from a central ridge to the lateral margins of the point.<br /><br />In a Clovis point, the base is the widest part of the point. The flaking pattern is in broad, parallel flakes across the width of the point. A Clovis point has a distinctive flutes on each side, that result from flakes driven off from the base in the direction of the tip. Clovis points are generally much thinner in cross-section - that and the flute seem to indicate a different hafting pattern, probably a "splint" approach with a split wood or bone foreshaft. Clovis points are also generally much larger than WSPs<br /><br />I would suggest you google "Western Stemmed Points" and "Clovis Points" and compare a number of pictures of complete examples of both types. I think it would be clearer for you.<br /><br />Plus, the top picture of the WSP bases is pretty crappyReid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-76961914782185349872012-07-14T16:28:13.518-07:002012-07-14T16:28:13.518-07:00Reid:
Steve Earle (;-)
Steve B on Peculiar's...Reid:<br /><br />Steve Earle (;-)<br /><br />Steve B on Peculiar's machine in Santa Fe...Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-54540646275736851612012-07-14T16:24:23.407-07:002012-07-14T16:24:23.407-07:00Reid:
Steve Earle(;-)
Steve B from Peculiar'...Reid:<br /><br />Steve Earle(;-)<br /><br />Steve B from Peculiar'sPeculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-22150611951573856332012-07-14T11:34:44.625-07:002012-07-14T11:34:44.625-07:00Excellent - probably need to be a punk band, don&#...Excellent - probably need to be a punk band, don't you think? My son was just through here on tour with his punk-rock band "Fell to Low." I'll have to mention it to him.<br /><br />Speaking of band names, guy who works for my company in the Portland office is a native Alabaman. He's convinced he could make a fortune in Portland if he introduced Country & Western music with songs written with left-wing themes. He'd call it Red Grass. He's already picked a name for his band: Uncle Joe and the Five-Year PlanReid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-67014947176870751642012-07-14T09:04:13.432-07:002012-07-14T09:04:13.432-07:00Interesting article but I don't understand how...Interesting article but I don't understand how the U of O's team could know the shape of the entire spear point from the three fragments found. I'll buy the DNA & radio carbon dating for now but knowing the difference in technology from Clovis point to these fragments is a mystery.TerryDarchttp://terrydarc.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-44983600722067313552012-07-13T23:33:02.494-07:002012-07-13T23:33:02.494-07:00"Human Coprolites" would be a good name ..."Human Coprolites" would be a good name for a band. Just sayin.'Moro Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03170995132520805860noreply@blogger.com