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To: elkfersupper

just read an article somewhere that said there’s now a field tool archaeologists can use to pinpoint the source of the flint in minutes.

I don’t know. maybe google archaeologist flint field tool for the article


8 posted on 09/15/2013 2:43:43 PM PDT by ckilmer
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To: ckilmer
there’s now a field tool archaeologists can use to pinpoint the source of the flint in minutes.

No, not flint. Obsidian. While obsidian is often wrongly called flint it's entirely different. Obsidian is natural glass created by volcanic action. Flint, jasper, chert etc. are formed in different ways and have different properties.

11 posted on 09/15/2013 2:56:58 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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