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Each issue of 2025 featured a four-part series, “Whispers Of The Ancients” by guest author Rancho, which may be viewed in its entirety below. His articles pay tribute to the ancient people of the rugged canyonlands of West Texas storied landscapes of Val Verde, Brewster, Presidio, and Culberson Counties. Each installment delves deeper into the…

The Winter 2026 Volume 29 #1 issue of Texas Cache featured an article about primitive game processing, using stone tools to butcher a feral hog and harvest the meat. The video from the event “Butchering An Invasive Texas Hog With Stone Tools” by Donny Dust can be seen below. Donny Dust’s video “Hidden In Plain…

A Look Back on a Long Career in Science and Education from Austin to Australia and Back Dr. Lundelius holding a short-faced bear skull from the Bonfire Shelter in Val Verde County. Photo by Steve Black c/o Texas Beyond History. More info about the site HERE. In 2014 I was looking for help with preserving…

Pictured, left: Clovis point from the Randy Robbins collection; right: Folsom point from the Choise Smith collection. Do you have a Clovis or Folsom type fluted projectile point from Texas? Please consider taking part in this survey! The Texas Fluted Point Survey is an ongoing effort to document the presence of CLOVIS and FOLSOM type…

On October 31, 1971, a cache of 11 bifacial blank chert blades stacked on a metate fragment and a nearby projectile point were recovered from the Old Aiken site in Western Bell County on Lake Belton by Wayne C. Young (deceased). This report is compiled from his description of the site and the artifacts in…

“10,000 Years on Brushy Creek” by David Calame and Ryan Murray appeared in the Volume 28-3 Summer 2025 issue. It describes a deep and detailed cutbank excavation on Brushy Creek in Williamson County, TX conducted by Texas Borderland Archaeology, a volunteer avocational group. This report details seven burned-rock “earth ovens” stacked vertically within a 30-foot…

“WATCH FOR FALLING ROCK: Add Meteorites to Your List of Things to Look For” by Ryan Murray appeared in Texas Cache Magazine, Volume 28 #2 Spring 2025. Article features tips for identifying and hunting meteorites, terminology, and mentions of the Odessa Meteor Crater, the Comanche Medicine Stone sketched by George Catlin, artywork “Structures of the…

“Sunplay On The Pictographs” by Ryan Murray with photos by Grizz Johnson appeared in Texas Cache Volume 28 #1 Winter 2025 issue. The article documented a visit to “The Painted Rocks” on the Concho River on the December 21, 2024 Winter Solstice to view the procession of the sun and shadows with the prehistoric pictographs.…

“Indian Cave” by Ronnie and Tina Hart was originally published in Texas Cache Volume 3 #4 Summer 1997 issue and reprinted in the Volume 28 #1 Winter 2025 issue. In the PDF below, the Harts recall an avocational archaeological excavation they conducted in a Val Verde County Rockshelter in 1985. Key words: Rockshelter Cave Ronnie…

 A CLOSE LOOK AT FLINT PATINA By Robert Bingham Texas Cache Magazine 2025 For archaeologists and artifact enthusiasts alike, “flint patina” has come to be be defined as “the distinct change in the surface appearance of an ancient flint artifact created by long-term weathering.” A sometimes subtle transformation that at other times can cause stunning…