Update from Texas Historical Commission:
Kay Clarke wrote:
Hey Charlie:
I just spoke with you and I am sorry that I had not read your
e-mail yet. I have been in El Paso for a week and I had over 50
e-mails to read and I had not gotten to yours.
See you on Tuesday at 9:00a.m. at the Red Barn. Thank you
for notifying us of a good find.
Kay Clarke
Charlie Hatchett wrote:
Hi Kay.
Excellent. I would love to take you for a tour of the site, and
get your interpretations.
Have you had a chance to view my photo gallery online? If not,
just click on the link below.
The most intriguing finds to date are what appear to be furnace
structures associated with stone tools of an unknown type.
Found within this furnace is a SEM confirmed lead/Silcone metal
compound which was found adhered to the furnace
wall. There's also evidence of roasting pyrite, and smelting iron
to make ornamental pieces. A sample (1 square inch) of the
furnace wall was removed and sent to Dr.
Steve Kissin to test for fire exposure, and for chemical analysis
to detect evidence of smelting activities. We should know
something about that with a couple of weeks.
Let me know when's a good time for you, and I'll make myself
available.
Thanks for your interest Kate,
Charlie Hatchett
PreClovis, Clovis and Archaic Artifacts
1-877-252-2351/ 1-512-453-6178 ( Austin)
charlie@preclovis.com /
www.preclovis.com
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From:
Date: 02/23/06 10:53:44
To:
Charlie@bandstexas.com
Subject: Fwd: THC Stewards
You may get more help than you want, but you can trust them.
And they are usually pretty knowledgeable. Good luck, Charlie!
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: kay clarke
To:
Sent: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:03:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: THC Steward
Hi Charlie:
My name is Kay E. Clarke and I am a steward in Williamson
County . I live near Liberty Hill My phone # is I have been
out of town for a week and I just read youre-mail. I would love
to see the collection and be of service . Please contact me
Kay E. Clarke
harristjr wrote:
I'm looking for the Steward for Williamson County. I have a firend
there who hassome interesting finds and he needs some
assistance in recording and understanding what he has found.
It's a possible smelting furnace from ...who knows?
Maybe you can tell him. Give me a phone number and email and I
will put him in touch with you. His name is Charlie Hatchett. You
can contact him here. Tell him Frank Harrist sent you so he'll
know where you got his name. I think you'll find this
very interesting. I'm a far piece from him so I can't get there,
due to my work schedule. Let me know how all this works out.
Charlie Hatchett
PreClovis, Clovis and Archaic Artifacts
1-877-252-2351/ 1-512-453-6178 ( Austin)
charlie@preclovis.com /
www.preclovis.com
Here's an update from a previous thread.
Kay Clarke, a steward with the Texas Historical Commission,
visited the site as planned.
To say the least, she was mystified. We cleaned out both
structures (I've kept them filled in to avoid being disturbed), and
Kay proceeded to GPS the site, and take a number of photos of
the smelting structures. She then took the data and photos
directly to TARL to get a site number assigned. Dan Potter, the
regional archeologist, has reviewed the photos and is scheduled
to visit the site this week.
Here's a few photos I took as Kay took her photos:
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2037a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2039a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2038a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2040a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2041a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2042a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2045a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2046a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2047a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2049a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2045a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2026a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2028a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2029a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2030a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2031a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2032a.jpg
http://cayman.globat.com/~bandstexas.com/iron%20artifact%2033a.jpg
Again, many thanks to
Frank Harrist for pointing me in the
right direction, and getting the site the attention I think it
deserves.
www.preclovis.com