A Prehistoric Rock Shelter in Val Verde County, Texas

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A Prehistoric Rock Shelter in Val Verde County, Texas

University of Texas Bulletin - Anthropological Papers Volume 1, Number 3

J. T. Pearce and A. T. Jackson - 1933

Gustav's Library Vintage Reprint

Another excellent work from the University of Texas concerning the rock shelters of Seminole Canyon. Due to the nature of the dry shelter, many organic remains were preserved giving a valuable insight into the lives of the prehistoric occupants.

"Seminole Canyon, which flows into the Rio Grande, is located a few miles east of the Pecos River in Val Verde County, Texas. This canyon is cut into the hard Edwards limestone, and its confining walls constitute, here and there, steep overhanging cliffs which easily pass into deep rock shelters. A considerable portion of the canyon south of State Highway No. 3 (U. S. No. 90) is so characterized. In the cliffs of the canyon's east side there are three rock shelters; in the cliffs forming the west bank are five between the highway bridge and the Rio Grande, a distance of some three miles. Several burnt rock mounds are located along the course of the canyon on the talus within the bluffs."

This 7" x 10", 143 page, soft cover, facsimile reprint is illustrated with 3 maps, 27 plates and 33 figures. $14.95


Basket Fragments	Fire Starting Kit	Sandal Frames	Snail Shell Necklace Original Grass String

Painted Pebbles	Mano wrapped in netting	Wrapped Stones	Wrapped Bones

Sample Plates - click on image to enlarge

LIST OF MAPS
I II III	Tentative Culture Areas of Texas Sketch Map, Seminole Canyon Fate Bell Shelter, Seminole Canyon

LIST OF PLATES
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII		View of the Rock Shelter Interior of the Shelter before Beginning Work Pictographs on Sbeller Wall Pictographs on Shelter Wall Cross Section of the Trench A Surface Boulder Polished and Grooved Three Mortar Holes in Bedrock Engraved Shells Rabbit Stick and Wooden Shovel Flint Knives and Awls with Corner-tangs Shaped Clay-like Object and Bar of Limonite Types of Projectile Points Painted Pebbles Painted Pebbles Painted Pebbles Fiber-cord Net Wrapped around a Mano Net Techniques Sandal Frames showing First Stages in Manufacture Yucca Sandals showing Use of Reinforcing Strands Types of Sandal Frames Yucca Sandals showing Tie Strings Tie String and Reinforcing Techniques Fragmentary Mat and Bands Various Mat and Basket Weaving Techniques Basket Fragments Basket of Coiled Ware, Interlocking Stitch Bone and Shell Beads

LIST OF FIGURES
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.		Shallow pits worn in surface of rock Pictograph: dancing figure Pictograph: perhaps an insect Necklace of twenty-one snail shell beads Dust cloud from trench Large metate bearing seven pits Small metate resting on three manos Cross section of trench Abrading or sharpening stone Quids from chewing fibrous stalk Plants used by inhabitants of shelter Problematical bone implements Bone awls found in debris of upper level Burial L-3 partly uncovered Flint ax chipped to a sharp cutting edge A mano encased in cord net Flint scrapers of side scraper type Flint knife blades common in shelter Fragments of cordage Skin-wrapped cords Fragment of a grass net Fragments of basket bottoms Basket fragments Skin fragments Bones wrapped and tied with yucca leaf and grass Small stones wrapped and tied with grass Hinged mussel shells with drilled holes Sticks with tenon-like ends Atlatl foreshafts Nock ends of arrowshafts of reed and wood Probable wooden foreshafts Wooden awl-like implements Fire-making implements