Posts by texascachemagazine.com
Base Tang Knives (2001)
The Texas Base Tang Knife 2001 “The Texas Base Tang Knife” by then Managing Editor Marc Land was originally published in Texas Cache Magazine Volume 6 #3 from 2001. Marc wrote about the base tang knife type and included many examples including a base corner tang piece and reworked pieces with measurements. Keyword search terms:…
Read MorePrehistoric Knife Gallery (1999)
This gallery of miscellaneous prehistoric knife blades was originally published in Texas Cache Volume 5 #3 in April 1999 by Bob McWilliams. Types featured are: Corner-tang, Base-tang, Covington, Friday, Covey, Harahey, Kinney, Crescent, Motley, Marshall, Mid-backed tang, Caddo, San Saba, Butted fist axes, (a.k.a. Kerrville knives).
Read MoreARTICLE RETRACTION: West TX Atlatl Cache (1999)
ARTICLE RETRACTION SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: “West Texas Atlatl Cache” was written and published as the cover story in Texas Cache Volume 5 #2 in 1999 with reports of two atlatls found in a West Texas cave between 1991 and 1999 along with perishable relics and Paleoindian projectile points. Since then information has come to…
Read MoreRainbow Ranch Rockshelter Excavation (1998)
“Rainbow Ranch” by guest author Robert Knight appeared in Texas Cache Volume 5 #1 in 1998. In the article, Knight describes taking his then twelve-year-old son Adam to an amateur archaeological dig led by Dr. Richard Michael Gramly on the Rainbow Ranch, south of Sheffield, Texas. They were joined by John “Swoose” Alexander, Les Kunkle,…
Read MoreComanche Memories (1996)
This account of Comanche memories as told to Texas Cache founder Bob McWilliams appeared in Volume 2 #4 from 1996. Leonard “Black Moon” and Eva Portillo Riddles recounted that Comanche were not flint knappers, and told Bob the story of “The Last Buffalo Hunt,” a turn-of-the-century spectacle in either Vernon or Quanah. Keyword search terms:…
Read MorePetroglyphs of the Eldorado Divide (1996)
“Petroglyphs of the Eldorado Divide” by Texas Cache founder Bob McWilliams was originally published in Volume 3 #1 in 1996. Bob wrote of visiting a site in Sutton County with natural tinaja waterholes surrounded by mysterious carvings in the limestone bedrock. Keyword search terms: petroglyphs, petrograph, rock art, Eldorado Divide, Sonora, Sutton County, Bob McWilliams,…
Read MoreGentry Creek Cache (1995)
“The Gentry Creek Cache” was written by Texas Cache founder Bob McWilliams and originally published in Volume 2 #1 in 1995. Bob wrote about Tommy Hobbs, Bobby and David Adams excavating a heavily occupied site in 1989 near Gentry Creek just north of Junction in Kimble County. Keyword search terms: gentry creek junction kimble county,…
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