August 30, 2018 07:50AM
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Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> I've just realized there's more money in Science
> fiction than there is in writing about science
> fact
Posted by: Rick Baudé
Date: May 23, 2018 04:48AM
"Hominids were in Southern Calif. over 100KYA Calicos, Cerutti, and my stone tools prove it."
Since you haven't made any money with this bit of science fiction, let's see what sort of test can be applied to your tools to turn a baseless fact-free claim into actual science (given this is a science board).
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www.obsidianlab.com]
"Since 1992, Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Laboratory (NWROSL) has provided analytical services for the trace element provenance studies of obsidian and fine-grained volcanic (FGV) artifacts and the geoarchaeological and geochemical investigation of obsidian sources."
Sourcing can be done on FGV, which from your deleted photos, IIRC, appears to be the material that the flea market hand axes are made.
From the NWROSL price sheet "The XRF laboratory holds an extensive collection of
geologic obsidian source reference samples from the Far Western United States, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, and the Western Mediterranean, and we maintain a very active source sampling and analysis research program."
Also the prices for their services are quite reasonable, about the cost for a day trip for two to the San Diego museum to test one sample. This test would at least get one into the realm of science and out of the realm of story telling. What if the test turns up negative and the material is not in the NWROSL data base? That would still be usable data because it could demonstrate where the axe didn't come from. No guarantees of course, but not to do available testing is story telling.
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