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Weathered Early Homonid Tools & Footgear Below Lower PleistoceneSedimentary Geology In Southeastern Kansas {Contact}
In Sedgwick County, southeastern Kansas William Reager
discovered Footgear
with an apparent hominid Footprint
that he had washed out of the ground with a garden hose. A local archeologist recommended
contacting the State Geoarcheologist.
Further examination of the position of the toes in the footprint, as
indicated by dimples through a flexible leather sole, led to the discovery of
an extended hallux (= big toe). The
soil sample with the footprint was rechecked and it was found that the flake
of compressed clay loess compacted by the hallux had survived intact. Also found was a lone hair on the surface
along with smeared dermal ridges. The
footprint’s length was calculated to be 9.75 inches long. Other collections of the Ogallala
quartzite and other rocks from the surface of the surrounding ploughed fields
produced two crude hand axes along with about four tons of chert. The culture that resided in the area
appeared to resemble the Oldowan Type. An effort to check the DNA of the hair sample ruled out
any possibility of there being sufficient material left after just the minimum
length of time that the sample had been buried at the site. It is probably too old for C-14 dating as
the last Australopithecus dated over a million years ago, and the
abducted hallux is too old for Homo erectus. Further examination of
the site continued, but this time all artifacts that have been found were
allowed to remain in situ, and removal of material has been confined
to already displaced rocks that were ploughed up by the local farmers. |
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EXCAVATION SITE WITH FOOTWEAR & FOOTPRINT
(Compare with Ardipithecus ramidus)
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<kan4-dig>
-- Overview of dig site
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<kan3-collection>
-- Stack of excavated material
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<kan1a>
-- Footwear with toe prints
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<kan1b>
-- Footwear with descriptions
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<kan1c>
-- Footwear outlined
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<kan15-tipol20hallux>
-- Stress crack piece with hair
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<kan17-fieldhole2001>
-- Dermal ridge smears.
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<kan34-level120020>
-- Rock located in situ with footwear <kan1a>
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COLLECTION OF
APPARENT TOOLS
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<kan13-native>
-- Collection of artifacts
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<kan14-nativeA>
-- Reversed view of <kan13>
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<kan2-clues>
-- Bones amid tools
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<kan24-rocks>
-- Collection of tools
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<kan5-edge>
-- Edging tools
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<kan7-handax1>
-- Hand axes
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<kan8-handax2>
-- Hand blades or axes
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<kan9-handax3>
-- Hand blades or axes
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<kan10-handax4>
-- Hand blades or axes
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<kan11-handaxe001>
-- A handaxe
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<kan12-handaxe>
-- A handaxe
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<kan25-chopper>
-- A tooled chopper
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<kan28-chopper3>
-- A tooled chopper
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<kan26-chopper1>
-- A chopper with human profile? (left view)
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<kan27-chopper2>
-- A chopper with human profile? (right view)
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<kan16-gator>
-- Alligator carving? & Tools
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<kan29-level12004>
-- Probable tools found at site
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<kan30-level12003>
-- Probable tools found at site
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<kan35-level-zero2001>
-- Bones & rocks from nearby collections
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<kan31-can27t>
-- Surface rocks found 100 miles east of site.
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<kan37-bulbofpercussion003>
-- eroded flakes: each with a bulb of percussion
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<kan38>
-- Tools found April, 2009
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<kan39>
-- Tools found April, 2009
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<kan40>
-- Tools found April, 2009
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<kan41>
-- Tools found April, 2009
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ADJACENT AREAS
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<kan18-disturbed>
-- View #1 of test dig in adjacent area
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<kan33-clovis20086>
-- View #2 of test dig.in adjacent area
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<kan32-clovis20083>
-- Charcoal streak just above rock shown in <kan19>
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<kan19-dig6>
-- Single rock found in test dig (View 1)
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<kan20-nativeA>
-- Single rock found in test dig (View 2)
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<kan21-dig3>
-- Single rock found in test dig (View 3)
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<kan22-dig2>
-- Single rock found in test dig (View 4)
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<kan23-dig5>
-- Single rock found in test dig (View 5)
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<kan36-treasure>
-- Surface rocks found 100 miles east of site.
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UNKNOWN FEMORAL
BONES
(Typical of those found around the
site—Identity being sought)
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<kan42>
-- Femoral bone, View 1(unknown)
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<kan43>
-- Femoral bone, View 2(unknown)
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<kan44>
-- Femoral bone, View 3(unknown)
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<kan45>
-- Femoral bone, View 4(unknown)
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<kan46>
-- Femoral bone, View 5(unknown)
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<kan47>
-- Femoral bone, View 6(unknown)
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<kan48>
-- Femoral bone, View 7(unknown)
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<kan49>
-- Femoral bone, View 8(unknown)
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<kan50>
-- Femoral bone, View 9(unknown)
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File Numbers List <kan1a> -- Footwear with toe prints
<kan1b> -- Footwear with
descriptions
<kan1c> -- Footwear outlined
<kan2-clues> -- Bones amid tools<kan3-collection> -- Stack of excavated material<kan4-dig> -- Overview of dig site<kan5-edge> -- Edging tools <kan7-handax1> -- Hand axes<kan8-handax2> -- Hand blades or axes<kan9-handax3> -- Hand blades or axes<kan10-handax4> -- Hand blades or axes<kan11-handaxe001> -- A handaxe<kan12-handaxe> -- A handaxe<kan13-native> -- Collection of artifacts<kan14-nativeA> -- Collection of artifacts
<kan15-tipol20hallux>
-- Stress crack piece with hair
<kan16-gator>
-- Alligator carving? & tools
<kan17-fieldhole2001>
-- Dermal ridge smears.
<kan18-disturbed>
-- View #1 of test dig.in adjacent area
<kan19-dig6>
-- Single rock found in adjacent test dig (View 1)
<kan20-nativeA>
-- Single rock found in adjacent test dig (View 2)
<kan21-dig3>
-- Single rock found in adjacent test dig (View 3)
<kan22-dig2>
-- Single rock found in adjacent test dig (View 4)
<kan23-dig5>
-- Single rock found in adjacent test dig (View 5)
<kan24-rocks>
-- Collection of tools
<kan25-chopper>
-- A tooled chopper
<kan26-chopper1>
-- A chopper with human profile? (left view)
<kan27-chopper2>
-- A chopper with human profile? (right view)
<kan28-chopper3>
-- A tooled chopper
<kan29-level12004>
-- Probable tools found at site
<kan30-level12003>
-- Probable tools found at site
<kan31-can27t> -- Center rock found in-situ as shown in <kan34>
<kan32-clovis20083>
-- Charcoal streak just above rock shown in <kan19>
<kan33-clovis20086>
-- View #2 of test dig.in adjacent area
<kan34-level120020>
-- Rock located in situ with footwear <kan1a>
<kan35-level-zero2001>
-- Bones & rocks from nearby collections
<kan36-treasure>
-- Surface rocks found 100 miles east of site.
<kan37-bulbofpercussion003>
--
<kan38> -- Tools found April,
2009
<kan39> -- Tools found April,
2009
<kan40> -- Tools found April,
2009
<kan41> -- Tools found April,
2009
<kan42> -- Femoral bone, View
1(unknown)
<kan43> -- Femoral bone, View
2(unknown)
<kan44> -- Femoral bone, View
3(unknown)
<kan45>
-- Femoral bone, View 4(unknown)
<kan46> -- Femoral bone, View
5(unknown)
<kan47> -- Femoral bone, View
6(unknown)
<kan48> -- Femoral bone, View
7(unknown)
<kan49> -- Femoral bone, View
8(unknown)
<kan50> -- Femoral bone, View
9(unknown)