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Charlie, most of your mandibles are deer. You did have one that appeared to be different, perhaps a carnivore, I'm not sure. I'll go
back and look at those photo's closer. And I expect that you should
be finding "mucho" pieces of deer bones. Bone, in itself, can be dated
in it's own way as I'm sure your know.

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Just thumbed through your photo's. Largely deer. What is that carnivore mandible, is that bear?
I'll go back and read your conversation.

Say how did the SAA meeting go? Meet anybody at the SAA that
has been helpful to your project?

Yep, looking at the photo's again, I do agree with the turtle bone also.
But the carnivore mandible, if it's carnivore, throws me right now.
I have a friend who is an expert with the bones now. When I see him
next week I'll ask him to check your photo's out. Who knows what kind
of turtle bone you have. That could be either land (such as gopher) or water variety.

Are you seeing alot of fish bone too?

Apologize for not getting your way during the SAA like I planned.
We're still trying to recooperate from Katrina along the Mississippi
Gulf Coast. And having just arrived home from sea duty time flew
by. My buddy was finishing up his new place to move into, and I'm
still trying to get my house into another phase of renovation too.
Once again I apologize Amigo. I still haven't forgotten about you
thou.

Have you met any State Officials who taken an interest in your project?

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USGS came up with an intitial date of 147,500 B.P. for one of the artifacts

Oh, and the howling would begin!!!

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Charlie, are you finding any shell in abundance?

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/sflarch/RRC_Vol4_No1.pdf
Monk Seal osteology reference here.

http://www.skullsunlimited.com/caribbea ... skull.html
Monk Seal Skull


Just grabbed these refernce from Google... searched by
Monk Seal Osteology...

Darn Charlie, if this IS a Monk Seal, that truely adds a twist
to your site! I've never heard of any seal bones being found
on any sites along the Gulf of Mexico through Historic to Archaic
Periods. I would think that would throw an added dominion
toward your proposed time frame.

CHEERS!

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http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/for ... 254381d936


Morning Charlie,
Just went back up to Google... entered Monk Seal Osteology
and was searching back down the list, and here was your
web address listed. Probably by your Osteologist friend.
Your making head lines my friend. Better take one more
grip tighter on that belt, your website is about to perk up!
CHEERS!

http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/www/imag ... prev=52382

Monk seals belong to the family Phocidae of true, or earless seals. The West Indian monk seal, or Caribbean monk seal, now extinct, was last sighted off the coast of Texas, U.S.A. It is the only pinniped ever known to exist in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Knocked off by human hunting, no doubt?

Hardaker's book arrived today, Charlie.