Posted on 09/23/2021 1:24:31 PM PDT by Theoria
Being Hispanic/of Spanish ancestry-mostly Basque-this is particularly interesting-if any ancestor who came to the New
World spoke anything but ordinary Spanish, it is not known-but that was over 400 years ago-those people were just interested in getting to a place further away from the center of arbitrary power of the Crown and nobility-they didn’t leave info about much else...
I’ve found a spear point with the top obviously broken, a couple of arrowheads and what looks like a knapped flint tool for pounding grain, etc-all were in/among the rocks of the riverbank after floods-everyone finds them out here near the river, especially where there are shallow caves in the cliffs above...
As a kid in north Mississippi I used to go into the freshly plowed fields near a creek after a spring rain and find arrowheads..................
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