TWO POSSIBLE SOURCE AREAS FOR THE QUARTZITE ARTIFACTS OF THE HUDSON-MENG SITE -- A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Authors

Frank Witzel, Chadron State College
John Hartley, Chadron State College

Date of this Version

10-1976

Citation

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Volume 3 (1974-1976), October 1976, pp. 12-19.

Comments

Copyright (c) 1976 Frank Witzel & John Hartley

Abstract

Quartzites from quarries at Flint Hill, South Dakota and Spanish Diggings, Wyoming were examined using a binocular and petrographic microscope. A textural difference was discovered between material from the two quarries. Artifacts and debitage from the Hudson-Meng site (25 S x 115) was then examined and compared with quarry material. Tentative quarry affinities have been assigned to a portion of the Hudson-Meng collection.