Death Valley National Park, California. Projective points from the Death Valley II site recovered from a boulder-filled pit at a now-dry spring along Furnace Creek Wash. Circa 1960.
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1960
Summary
Death Valley National Park, California. Projective points from the Death Valley II site recovered from a boulder-filled pit at a now-dry spring along Furnace Creek Wash. Note the white coating of calcium carbonate on the specimens second from left in the top row and second from right in the bottom row. In wet environments, such coatings form quickly, but in dry gravel, like at the mound, they form slowly. Scale in centimeters. Circa 1960.
Summary
Death Valley National Park, California. Projective points from the Death Valley II site recovered from a boulder-filled pit at a now-dry spring along Furnace Creek Wash. Note the white coating of calcium carbonate on the specimens second from left in the top row and second from right in the bottom row. In wet environments, such coatings form quickly, but in dry gravel, like at the mound, they form slowly. Scale in centimeters. Circa 1960.
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