I was out there a few years ago when Jack Skiles was still alive and had his little museum behind his house in Langtry. I have some photos somewhere of a raging river in the canyon after a flood event.
Mike Harris On Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 8:41 PM George Veni <gv...@nckri.org> wrote: > Eagle Cave is a large shelter near Bonfire. Archaeologists at Texas State > have been working a lot on these shelters and other sites in the area for > the past few years. You can read about their most recent work at Bonfire > at: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/secrets-bonfire-shelter/. > > > > George > > > > ******************** > > George Veni, PhD > > Executive Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) > > and > > President, International Union of Speleology (UIS) > > > > *NCKRI address (primary)* > > 400-1 Cascades Avenue > > Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 USA > > Office: +575-887-5517 > > Mobile: +210-863-5919 > > Fax: +575-887-5523 > > gv...@nckri.org > > www.nckri.org > > > > *UIS address* > > Titov trg 2 > > Postojna, 6230 Slovenia > > www.uis-speleo.org > > www.iyck2021.org > > > > *From:* Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> *On Behalf Of *Jon > Cradit > *Sent:* Sunday, January 23, 2022 7:01 PM > *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com > *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Eagle Cave > > > > Mike, > > I would be interested in the paper you speak of. > > Please contact me through my e-ddress: cavefa...@yahoo.com > > Jon > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2022 7:23 PM, Mike Flannigan <mf...@mflan.com> wrote: > > > Hi all. Archaeologists on a list I am on are talking about > Eagle Cave and Bonfire Shelter. I have been by Langry a > could times, but never to these features. I gather that > Eagle Cave might be more of a shelter than a cave?? > The 3rd pic below shows the trench dug by an archaeologist > back in 1939. > > http://www.mflan.com/temp/eagle-cave1.jpg > http://www.mflan.com/temp/eagle-cave2.jpg > http://www.mflan.com/temp/eagle-cave3.jpg > > Here is what the archaeologist said: > > In 1938/39 someone got in there, one of the early guys, I can't remember > who it was, and anyway they excavated an 10 to 15-foot wide trench from > back to front looking for "early man." They went down 35-feet. Stayed in > cultural deposits the whole way and never hit the floor. (You can still > see that trench.) > > Somebody went back in in 1958. Can't remember who that was. > > A couple of years ago, Chuck Koenig, J. David Kilby, Chris Jurgens (and > a Texas State crew) went back in there and documented a Folsom Component. > > You can still see the remains of that 1938 trench right there. > > I will send that 2021 paper to anyone who wants to see it. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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