Palo Alto 2010

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="539c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Chattanooga Area Relic & Historical Association</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chattanooga Area Relic Historical Assoc"><U>home</U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> Palo Alto 2010 </div> <bR> <div> We did another dig with Rolando at Palo Alto. A few neat items were found and we added a few areas where the cavalry attack did not happen at.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="a89f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We had a large group over the weekend</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a8ba12d0.jpg" border=0 width="673" height="813" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We took a walk through the "swamp" and about got sucked dry by the 'skeeters' that live there.</div> <div> You can see them all over Robert's left arm and the swarm in front of his face as well. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a8cf0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> And just in case they are not enough, the trees even have 'teeth'!</div> <div> And the cactus thorns will work their way out one of these days as well.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a8e9ae90.jpg" border=0 width="410" height="489" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Steve and Kevin W. both found a US Great Coat button.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a907d990.jpg" border=0 width="381" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This button that Kevin W. found has a Rich Orange backmark</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a92cb950.jpg" border=0 width="459" height="405" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Robert found this nice buckle, like one he found in the same area 18 years ago. Could it be part of the same buckle?</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a93f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kevin (from TX) found this spur</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a950ca10.jpg" border=0 width="780" height="673" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We also found the Battlefield Guardian Snake, who is about 6 feet long</div> <div> <IMG SRC="a961a280.jpg" border=0 width="794" height="552" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> He was guarding...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ab4f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> this Shoulder Belt buckle.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ab5f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It had the three iron wire hooks at one time</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a9ac62e0.jpg" border=0 width="454" height="302" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a99c4120.jpg" border=0 width="452" height="530" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This one was found near the Mexican lines and is like the insignia that can be seen in the display at the visitor center.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a9bf0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A Mexican Copper Cannister is exposed</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a9f302a0.jpg" border=0 width="560" height="554" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Large, round and iron...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aa0f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It was a 4 pound Mexican cannon ball</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aa1c9e80.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="488" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It looks like a keeper for a belt buckle of some type. Any ideas?</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aa2f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charles S. Harris, Author and Digger, works his way across a field.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ab3f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mark with a musket ball</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aa3f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dale with either a musket ball or small cannister ball</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aa4f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> David Lowe, Military Historian, with GPS unit to map artifacts in for later analysis</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aa5f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Joe found a Mexican button</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aa6f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> James using GPS to map in an artifact</div> <div> <IMG SRC="aa7fb0a0.jpg" border=0 width="507" height="522" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mark found a nice Mexican button complete with the shank</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aa9deb60.jpg" border=0 width="478" height="694" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Morgan found his first artifact, a musket ball</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aab68de0.jpg" border=0 width="616" height="734" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="aad62410.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="1089" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Part of a broken Stirrup</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aaeba010.jpg" border=0 width="698" height="513" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Not everything is identified right away, if ever. Like the keeper and the next item, let us know if you know what it is.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="aaff0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="ab0f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> About 6 inches long with three attachment points that look like they would have been put into leather and bent over to clinch them in place.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ab18bf30.jpg" border=0 width="907" height="1011" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="ab2f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Order Artiodactyla : Family Bovidae : Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas)</div> <bR> <div> Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus). Description. A large antelope with short, smooth horns in males. Horns average only 18 cm in length, with lengths of only 23-30 cm the maximum. Females usually do not grow horns, but may occasionally.</div> <bR> <div> Nilgai stand 119-150 cm at the shoulder, with prominent withers giving them a backline that slopes to the rump. In bulls, powerful shoulders and a thick neck tend to accentuate this sloping profile.</div> <bR> <div> Overall coloration is gray to brownish gray in males; females and young are brown to orangish brown. Patches of white on the face and below the chin, extending into a broad, white "bib" on the throat, break up the ground coloration. A narrow white band along the brisket area broadens over the abdomen and spreads between the hind legs to form a narrow rump patch that is edged with darker hair. Below the white bib hangs a tuft of hair, or "beard," which may be as long as 13 cm in males.</div> <bR> <div> Bulls weigh 109-288 kg, with the maximum about 306 kg. Females weigh 109-213 kg.</div> <div> From the </div> <div> The Mammals of Texas - Online Edition</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/bosetrag.htm " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/bosetrag.h"><U>http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/bosetrag.htm</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ab6f0f40.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> (l-r) Kevin Walls, Robert Garcia and Mark Owens</div> <div> We had fun working together even though our detectors "talked" to each other and we had to stay 20 feet apart or so.</div> <bR> <div> Hope you enjoyed the "dig" we had!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Working with the Archaeologist"><U>back</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>