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Weapons, Sand, and Time

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A tiny–1.7 cm–obsidian point, probably Ancestral Puebloan.

Flint from a flintlock–Navajo, at a guess. The flint itself is probably from the Brandon flint mines in England, knapped there and imported as a finished product.

Remains of a WWII dummy bomb. The brightly-colored sands and clays of the desert were exploited as targets.

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  1. I had no idea that flints from Grimes Graves (Brandon) were being used as late as this. We visited there a couple of years ago. This photo was taken down the prehistoric shaft which is open to the public: you can see the enormous flint modules embedded in the walls. Marty

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