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Bohus posing with the FlapJacks, our new, ultra thin, LED Edgelights, on stage at the Patio Theater in Chicago.
This is the stuff I take in my bag every day. Apple MacBook Air 13" 2012 is work issued, a recent upgrade from my personal 11" Air that i'd been using for about 18 months. I'm really enjoying the extra power and less cramped screen, the 2012 Air is a big step up internally. Until very recently I was carrying two iPads, I sold my 3rd Gen 32GB WiFi + 3G this month so that I have room for a new "big" iPad whenever that gets released. The iPad Mini will do for now although I do miss the retina display it's great for reading and the more portable size is great when you already have a laptop in your bag. The iPad Mini Ultrathin case from Logitech is superb, I'm really enjoying using it at the moment, having had it for just over a week it is already becoming an essential in my bag.
My trust iPhone 4S is usually in my pocket but it goes EVERYWHERE with me. I can never understand people who lose phones, mine is never out of my hand!
I love gaming but I don't have a lot of time at home as I commute every day. So mobile gaming is my thing at the moment. I'm not a big fan of touch only gaming and prefer physical controls, the VIta is primary machine and it is finally getting some great games. I'm currently loving Thomas Was Alone, Guacamelee! and Little Big Planet Vita. The DS is a new addition, I'm working my way through some classic DS games and starting with Metroid Prime Hunters.
The Samsung GSII is a work issued phone, I asked for an Android device for testing our sites on (I work in a digital agency) and at the time nobody else had an Android phone that worked here. Now we have some more geeks I might ask for something new, I think I will go Nexus next time. The Blackberry is for use as a paperweight, oh yes, and for testing sites on it. It is the worst phone I have ever had the misfortune of using.
The last interesting thing in this list is the Field Notes notebooks. I discovered these late in 2012 and have never gone anywhere without at least one of them on my person since then. They are great for meetings and general day-to-day stuff. I've purchased a LOT of them since!
Finally, some of the stuff not in shot. I usually have my Panasonic GF-1 on my person somewhere (I'm using it to take the photo here), it's a superb camera that takes great portraits. I might upgrade the body soon but I will be sticking with Panasonic and the Micro FourThirds standard for sure. I also have a GridIt! that contains all of my cables and adapters, something nobody mentions to you when you buy your first Mac is that you then immediately need to spend £200 on small pieces of white plastic in order to make it work wherever you go. I have adapters for every type of network / screen / power source / iOS device etc and the GridIt is a great way to keep it all neat and tidy and ready in my bag whenever required.
I had to buy special 16lb ultra-light weight paper to get each volume to be only 2.5 inches thick. Regular copier paper would have resulted in much heftier tomes. I bought special backing boards from Talas so that I could round and back these beasts. The rounding worked out pretty well, but I tightened my kettlestitches too much for the backing to work properly. I put in black headbands and did a spine lining using chalkboard cloth, with the "cloth" used on the larger portions of each cover actually being an expensive paper I got years ago from Paper Source off the racks where huge sheets are sold individually. Some people might say that a person who would create a paper version of a book on rationality was missing the point, but I would just smile at them and silently value sensuality.
Fotodiox is proud to announce the FlapJack LED Edgelight series, lightweight, ultra thin LED panels that are easy to transport and set up and produce soft, even light, perfect for almost any photo or video shoot! Check out our Youtube channel for more information on these new lights!
"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
Fossil Bag
Just Mobile Donut
Apple iPod classic 160 GB
BlackBerry Q10
Louis Vuitton Cardholder
Fossil Wallet
Rado Ultrathin
A simple three light setup for an interview, using FlapJack LED edgelights. The third light is out of frame.
"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
We're proud to announce our new Bi-Color FlapJack LED Edgelights! Fully adjustable between 5500K and 3200K color temperatures, lightweight, ultra thin LED panels that are easy to transport and set up and produce soft, even light, perfect for almost any photo or video shoot! Check out our Youtube channel for more information on these new lights!
- Photo by Bohus Blahut
"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
We're proud to announce our new Bi-Color FlapJack LED Edgelights! Fully adjustable between 5500K and 3200K color temperatures, lightweight, ultra thin LED panels that are easy to transport and set up and produce soft, even light, perfect for almost any photo or video shoot! Check out our Youtube channel for more information on these new lights!
"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
Fotodiox's FlapJack LED Edgelights are lightweight, ultra thin LED panels that are easy to transport and set up and produce soft, even light, perfect for almost any photo or video shoot! Here we're lighting the interior of a car with a FlapJack C-300R.
- Photo by Sean Anderson
In memory of Nicolas Hayek, 19 February 1928 – 28 June 2010, protector of the heritage.
Breguet Reference 3137 automatic, hand engraved Cal.502 movement, seen here through the sapphire crystal case back, supports moonphase, date and power reserve on gold guilloché silverplated dial with blued Breguet pomme-style hands. Watch case, movement and folding deployant in rose gold.
Designed by Daniel Roth in 1976 (for Chaumet/Breguet), first released as Ref 3130 (closed back), inspired by Abraham-Louis Breguet’s design of Pocket Watch No.5, sold on March 15, 1794 to Count Francois Jourgniac Saint Meard.
The Calibre 502.DR, also by Daniel Roth, is based on the Frederique Piguet Cal.71, a 12 ligne ultrathin automatic movement. The dial placement of the Power Reserve Complication posed particular challenges for Roth in order to respect the thin movement. Ref 3137 upgraded the frequency from 2.5Hz to 3Hz, adding a free-sprung balance, silicon balance spring and lever (Cal.502.3 under Nicolas Hayek).
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"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
A group of FlapJacks, our new, ultra thin, LED Edgelights, making their debut on stage at the Patio Theater in Chicago.
Hangover
by Erik Brede
High Speed Photography of a Water droplet collision.
100x100cm Sublimation Print on HD Aluminium for Incredibly brilliant colours and long-term durability. The ultrathin aluminium surface gives the photo an exciting and different accent and can be displayed indoors or outdoors, in the kitchen or in the bathroom, in the living room or even in the sauna.
The colours are brilliant arcoss the entire surface, and the texture of the material really shines through in the white or very bright portions of the picture. My high-quality and durable HD metal prints are UV and water proof, and thanks to the special processing, even protected against scratches.
All my metal print have perfect picture hanging hardware attached to the aluminium panel prior to shipping. The aluminium rail for hanging the picture is the same kind used in countless galleries. It is stable and dependable. The hanging hardware also acts as a spacer between your picture and the wall, giving your HD metal print the appearance of floating.
This is a True Limited edition of 30 + 3AP which means that I will only produce that amount of original signed prints of this particular motif regardless of size and material.
My artwork is checked by hand, given a protective cover and placed in art-secure packaging before delivering to the art shipping professionals at UPS, FedEx or DHL within 5 to 10 business days.
A signed certificate of authenticity, certificate hologram tamper with CoA#, and a label signed by artist, which can be affixed to back of the artwork, is mailed to buyer as soon as the artwork is delivered and accepted. The price will increase as prints become unavailable.
All Customers are solely responsible for all duties, import taxes and brokerage fees. These are not included in the cost of shipping or handling of your order. Customs, duties, and taxes vary widely from country to country; please check with your local customs agency for details on estimated costs. Customs, duty, and taxes are non-refundable: so if you refuse a shipment because of unexpected import fees, the cost of the original shipping, any brokerage/customs/duty/taxes, and any return shipping charges will not be refunded.
Other sizes and print types available from www.erikbrede.com:
Hahnemühle Photo rag® 308 – 60x60cm and 100x100cm
HD Aluminium – 100x100cm
www.contemporary-artists.co.uk/paintings/hangover/
Contemporary Artists
"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
Lenovo Flex 2 in 1 Convertible Tablet-Laptop 11.6 inch Premium Touchscreen, Intel Dual Core N3050 Processor, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, HDMI, 802.11AC WiFi, Windows 10
Lenovo Flex 2 in 1 Convertible Tablet comes with Intel Dual Core Celeron processor N3050 Processor (2MB Cache, up to 2.16 GHz), Intel HD Graphics.
360 degree flip-and-fold design (Laptop, Tablet, Tent and Stand), 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM, 500GB Hard drive. 11.6 inch 10-point Multitouch Screen (1366 x 768) with 360 degree hinge, HD Webcam, HDMI, no optical drive.
802.11 AC Gigabit WiFi, 1G LAN Ethernet, Bluetooth 4.0, Card reader, 1 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, Windows 10 preinstalled, Measures just 0.86 inch thin, Weighs only 3.06 pound.
11.6 inch 10-point multitouch screen: Capacitive display responds to finger touches instead of pressure, recognizing a light swipe but not a standard stylus. Antiglare complete reduces eyestrain. 1366 x 768 HD resolution, LED backlight.
360 degree hinge design: Provides multiple modes for use like a Tablet or Laptop computer.
Built-in 1.5W stereo speakers: Dolby DS 1.0 home theater audio delivers immersive sound and maximizes volume output without distortion.
Weighs 3.06 pounds and measures 0.86 inch thin: Ultrathin and ultralight for optimum portability, featuring a smaller screen size and omitting the DVD/CD drive to achieve the compact form factor, 2-cell lithium-polymer battery.
Voice assistant capability: Software preinstalled so that you can type by talking and control the Lenovo Flex Tablet via voice commands.
Bluetooth 4.0 interface syncs with compatible devices: Wirelessly transfer pictures, songs and other media between the Tablet and your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone or Mp3 player, or connect Bluetooth wireless accessories.
HDMI output expands your viewing options: Connect to the HDTV or high-def monitor to set up 2 screens side by side or just see more of the large picture.
Built-in media reader for easy picture transfer: Supports SD, SDHC, SDXC and MMC memory card formats.
Next-generation wireless connectivity: Connects to your network or hotspots on all current WiFi standards. Connect to a Wireless-AC router for speed almost 3x faster than Wireless-N. The Ethernet LAN port also plugs into wired networks.
Built-in HD webcam with microphone: Makes it simple to video chat with friends and family or teleconference with colleagues over Skype or other popular apps. 720p resolution.
Additional ports: Microphone-in/headphone-out combo jack.
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Brand Name: Lenovo Flex
Series: flex
Item model number: flex-11-80LY
Hardware Platform: PC
Operating System: Windows 10 preinstalled
Screen Size: 11.6 inches
Display Screen: 11.6 inch 10-point Multitouch Screen (1366 x 768) with 360 degree hinge
Screen Resolution: 1366 x 768
Max Screen Resolution: 1366 x 768
Processor: 1.6GHz Intel Dual Core Celeron N3050 (2MB Cache, up to 2.16GHz)
RAM: 4 GB SDRAM DDR3
Memory Speed: 1600 MHz
Hard Drive: 500 GB HDD 5400 rpm
Graphics Coprocessor: integrated graphics Intel HD
Chipset Brand: Intel
Wireless Type: 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth: 4.0
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Count: 2
Computer Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive Interface: Serial ATA
Hard Drive Rotational Speed: 5400.00
2-in-1 Convertible Tablet
360 degree flip-and-fold design (Laptop, Tablet, Tent and Stand)
HD Webcam: Yes
HDMI: Yes
no optical drive
802.11 AC Gigabit WiFi
1G LAN Ethernet
Card reader: Yes
USB 3.0: 1
USB 2.0: 2
Measures just 0.86 inch thin
Item Weight: 3.06 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H: 11.77 x 8.23 x 0.86 inches
Power Source: AC
Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Date First Available at Amazon.com: January 19, 2016
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Here's our FlapJack C-200L, mounted on a tripod with a power arm. Fotodiox's FlapJack LED Edgelights are lightweight, ultra thin LED panels that are easy to transport and set up and produce soft, even light, perfect for almost any photo or video shoot!
The C-200L is 4x11 inches with a color balance of 5600K. It's dimmable from 10 to 100% and It runs off an included NP-F740 Style Battery or AC current via an included AC power cable. Check out our website for more info on this light.
Every Day Carry for Salesforce Admin
1 Toshiba Chromebook 13.3
2 Samsung Laptop Sleeve
3 Grid-it Cocoon
-3.0 USB Cord
-Samsung Wall Charger
-MyCharge 4000 mAh Android Charger
-Micro USB/iPhone Charging Cords
-Small Composition Notebook
-Pens
-2 GB USB Drive
-USB SD/Micro SD Card Reader w/16 GB Micro SD and 32 GB SD Card
-Logitech UltraThin Mouse
4 STMBags Organizer (Other side had pocket for keyboard and tablet)
-Samsung Micro USB Charger for Note 8.0
-Pen/Mini Screwdriver Set
-Micro USB Cord
-iPhone 4 (not activated (wifi only), used for testing)
5 YurBuds Sport In-earphones
6 SkullCandy On-earphones
7 Samsung Note 8.0 AT&T version
8 Zagg Bluetooth Keyboard
9 Charger for Chromebook
10 Wiggly Eyes (for fun)
11 Deck of Cards
12 Ear Plugs
13 Seagate 500 GB External Hard-drive
14 Samsonite Xenon 2 Backpack
Not pictured:
Samsung Note 3 (primary phone)
Wallet
Keys
"The design of the pavillon consists of 151 custom laminated lightweight beech plywood segments. In order to combine these ultra-thin plywood strips into a structurally stable configuration, newly developed robotic sewing techniques for prefabrication and manual lacing on site are applied."
further information:
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
it can do both at the same time, you see, because it is so very long that it had to be divided into 2 separate bindings (each using ultra-thin 16lb paper).
Here is the link to Bell County Museum where the exhibit opens June 6, 2009:
This is what the Gault Dig Site is all about with a link to the University Gault Site Webpage:
www.utexas.edu/research/tarl/research/gault_description.php
Artifacts
Interpreting the Clovis Artifacts from the Gault Site
by Michael B. Collins and Thomas R. Hester
Photographs by Milton Bell.
Clovis, that early Paleolithic Indian cultural horizon generally believed to date between 10,900 and 11,200 years ago across much of North America, has recently come under intensive study by archaeologists. Several factors probably account for this increase in research activity, but the principal one is a result of Clovis having long been accepted as the archaeological evidence of the first people to live in the Americas. This view has often been challenged unsuccessfully, but in the past decade, numerous scholars have brought forth strong and exciting evidence that people were in the Western Hemisphere prior to Clovis times.
"PreClovis," as it has come to be called, is still a controversial topic and one that is being vigorously pursued by linguists, physical anthropologists, human geneticists, and archaeologists. Linguists specializing in the evolution of language are using computers to probe deeply into comparative vocabularies and language structures and are finding that the immense range of languages (some 1500) spoken by American Indians includes a few that seem to have split off from their sister languages of Europe and Asia long before 11,000 years ago. Based on this, some linguists suggest that people came to the New World by 20,000 years ago. Genetics also shows that some American Indians are so distinctive from other populations that their reproductive separation must have occurred in the very remote past, certainly before Clovis times. A drawback with the linguistic and genetic lines of evidence is that while information on timing may be reasonably accurate, there is no way to know where the splits occurred.
Early human skeletons found in the New World, none of them dated definitively to preClovis times, nonetheless indicate some interesting facts about early populations in the Americas. The few human skeletons in the Americas that can be reliably dated as older than 10,000 years before present have features more in common with similar-aged Australian aborigines and South Central Asians than they do with the peoples of Siberia who have always been considered the stock from which the first colonizers of the Americas derived.
Archaeologists have recently found and reported prehistoric sites from Alaska and Canada to southern South America with radiocarbon dates and other compelling evidence that people may have arrived in the New World by 18,000 or 20,000 years ago. One of the most widely discussed of these sites is Monte Verde in southern Chile where a dated occupation of almost 13,000 years ago has gained acceptance among many, but not all, archaeologists. An earlier archaeological stratum at the same site, dated to ca. 30,000 years ago, is still highly controversial.
While Clovis seems to be losing its place as the oldest culture in the New World, important new ideas about the Clovis culture itself are developing. Earlier in this century, most known Clovis sites consisted of places where the distinctive Clovis projectile points (Figure 1) were found with the bones of large mammals, particularly mammoths. Most scholars concluded from this evidence that Clovis peoples were specialized, nomadic mammoth hunters. Recent discoveries and new analytical techniques, however, have shown that Clovis people were generalized hunters and gatherers who lived on everything from turtles and alligators to foxes and opossums along with an occasional mammoth, bison, or horse. The traditional view of Clovis culture has crumbled along with the iron curtain.
American scholars lacking detailed knowledge of the archeology of Siberia have long assumed that the origins of Clovis culture would be found in northeastern Asia. This assumption was a key piece in the prevailing interpretation that 11,500 years ago people migrated out of northeastern Asia, crossed the land bridge that formed between Siberia and Alaska during the last glacial lowering of sea level, and came down an ice-free corridor in western Canada into the vast unpeopled continents of North and South America. Lacking people but rich in big game unaccustomed to human hunters, the New World would have been a hunting people's dream-come-true. Clovis hunters were even thought to have been so effective that they caused the extinction of the mammoth and perhaps other animals.
Since glasnost [openness], it has been possible for archaeologists on both sides of the Bering Sea to collaborate closely on the question of the peopling of the Americas, only to find no clear antecedents for Clovis culture in Siberia. A few archaeologists, this author (Collins) included, have begun to look farther west into Europe for the origins of Clovis and find some very provocative similarities between certain Upper Paleolithic cultures of Western Europe and Clovis. These Paleolithic cultures include the Aurignacian (40,000-20,000 B.P.), Solutrean (20,000-16,000 B.P.), and Magdalenian (16,000-11,000 B.P.).
Some of the better evidence for making those comparisons comes from the Gault Site. To generalize briefly, all of the Upper Paleolithic cultures of Western Europe share the traits of prismatic blades and burins made of flint along with various tools made of bone and antler. The well-known cave paintings of France and Spain are also the work of Upper Paleolithic people. Of more specific interest are (1) blades, blade cores and beveled-base bone and antler points found in Aurignacian sites; (2) large, thin bifaces and spear points of Solutrean affiliation; and (3) less well known aspects of Magdalenian art, including small, flat engraved stones called plaquettes. Some of these traits are shared with Clovis assemblages found widely across North America, some are restricted to only part of the Clovis range, and two are known almost exclusively from the Gault Site. Clovis flint knappers all across North America made the distinctive Clovis fluted points from equally distinctive preforms (Figure 2). One distinctive characteristic of these preforms is that flakes were often driven all the way across the face of the biface from one edge to the other--in fact sometimes even removing the opposite side of the biface in what is called an "overshot" flake (Figure 3). This peculiar fashion of making bifaces is shared with the Solutrean of France and Spain. Even though this pattern is seen in many Clovis sites, a number of outstanding examples have come from the Gault site. Clovis blades (Figure 4) and blade cores (Figure 5) are found abundantly in sites in the southeastern United States, moderately abundantly in Texas sites, and sparsely in the southwestern states and in the Great Plains. They are virtually absent in the northeastern states, around the Great Lakes, and in the far western states. Where they are found, Clovis blades and blade cores resemble similar artifacts from all Upper Paleolithic cultures, but especially those of Aurignacian, Solutrean, and Magdalenian affiliations. The Gault site has yielded the largest assemblages of such Clovis artifacts in Texas and one of the largest in North America.
Beveled-base points of bone and antler, similar to those found in the Aurignacian, have been found in a few Clovis sites on the High Plains, but none has yet been found in Texas. Another distinctive bone artifact, called a shaft wrench, found at a Clovis site in Arizona, is very similar to shaft wrenches of antler and bone from Magdalenian sites in Europe. In the areas of the Gault site investigated thus far, bone preservation has been very poor, and no artifacts of bone or antler have been found.
Clovis-age engraved stones are presently known from only two sites in the western hemisphere besides Gault, one specimen each from the Clovis site in eastern New Mexico and the Wilson-Leonard site just north of Austin. In contrast, at least 30 such stones have been found at the Gault site (Figure 6). Magdalenian engraved plaquettes generally depict animals such as reindeer, mammoths, and horses whereas those from the Gault site are almost exclusively of geometric patterns. However, geometric paintings and engravings are common in Magdalenian art on the walls of caves, especially at Lascaux. Portable art objects in most of the other Upper Paleolithic cultures of Europe are carved, three-dimensional human forms. In the upper Paleolithic of Siberia, similar carved objects depict animals (usually mammoths). These are unlike anything yet reported in Clovis context. All of these comparisons are intriguing, but at the moment they only raise interesting possible interpretations.
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In our view, there are enough similarities and they are close enough in certain details that we have to seriously consider the possibility that fairly close historical ties exist between Clovis and the Upper Paleolithic of western Europe. Details of that history will be learned only after long and intensive research by many investigators. So far, the evidence from preClovis sites in North and South America indicates cultures greatly different than Clovis that do not seem likely candidates as the origin of Clovis. This raises the possibility that peoples were in the Americas before the time of Clovis culture, but that the origins of Clovis may have been in western Europe - perhaps the result of multiple migrations.
Two other aspects of the stone artifacts from the Gault site deserve mention. Lacking direct evidence in the form of preserved plant remains, archeologists have been left to speculate on what uses Clovis peoples may have made of plants. Microscopic use wear study of four Clovis blades reveals that, among other tasks, these were used for cutting grass or other plants rich in silicate (see Inman and Hudler 1998).
Another intriguing problem is developing from comparative study of the lithic tools made by Clovis and Folsom peoples. Folsom (ca. 10,300-10,800 B.P.) is the culture that immediately follows Clovis on the plains and in the southwestern United States. It, too, is best known for its diagnostic fluted biface, the delicate Folsom point. But scholars in the past decade have also identified some very distinctive, thin flint knives, known as "ultrathin" bifaces, that were made and used by Folsom peoples. These highly distinctive ultrathin bifaces (so called because they are between 7 and 13 times as wide as they are thick) have been found at the Gault site (Figure 7). They have also been found at the Wilson-Leonard site as well as a site called Pavo Real (41BX52) in San Antonio. At these three sites, and only these three sites in North America, there is evidence that ultrathin bifaces are older than previously thought. At Gault, they have been found in the same deposits as the Clovis materials, but so far no Folsom points have been documented as having come from that same depth (although there is at least one Folsom point known to be from the site). At Pavo Real, Clovis and Folsom artifacts are found together. It has not been possible to radiocarbon date the Clovis deposits at either Pavo Real or Gault. At Wilson-Leonard, a very early Clovis horizon has been dated (ca. 11,500 to almost 12,000 B.P.) and just above it were found ultrathin bifaces (but no Folsom points) in a deposit dated between 11,000 and 11,500 B.P.). These findings raise the possibility that here in central Texas lie the origins of the distinctive ultrathin biface technology that later became a hallmark of Folsom culture.
It should be obvious from this brief discussion that the Gault site has much to offer scholars who are studying the early cultures of North America. It may well hold some clues to the origins of Clovis culture and the historical relationships between Clovis and Folsom. These are daunting questions and the research required to begin to answer them will take a long time. It will, however, be a most interesting time.
... and I just received this Email from the Executive Director:
Mr. Strain;
I ran across your Flickr posting and would like to thank you for posting the information regarding the Gault School of Archaeological Research.
We have been very impressed by Jim's work - his representation of our dig is incredibly realistic down to the rusted rebar and dirty mason twine! The opening of the exhibit was very well atended with more than 200 peole on Friday and about the same number on Saturday and all expressed their admiration for a first-class exhibit.
Clark
D. Clark Wernecke
Executive Director
The Gault School of Archaeological Research