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Thanks for the question. Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles, and they are native to the more southerly parts of North America from the US to Paraguay. According to a Wikipedia article, The Green or Carolina anole is the only species native to the contiguous United States. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactyloidae) According to the same article, there are more than 60 species native to Cuba. The Brown anole (Anolis sagri), also known as the Cuban brown anole or De la Sagra's anole has been introduced to the United States via the pet trade. It is invasive and is causing great harm because it can expand its range very quickly and outcompetes and consumes native lizards like the green anole. They are large, typically 5.0 to 8.5 inches and they have a ridge on their tail that goes all the way up to their head. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_anole Thanks. I learned something. I didn't even know they were related to Iguanas. Their suborder is Iguania.

Don't worry, soon y0u will own nothing and be happy in a 15 minute city. Some bugs actually taste like bacon though!

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Thanks for the thumbs-up. BTW, I'm left-handed, which is (probably) why I thought about that.

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What hand you use doesn’t effect the flaking pattern. It’s how the point was held when flaking it.

Just a wild guess on my part here. They may have used a new tool, having worn the old one out before the other side was flaked.

That's wonderful. That must have been a very interesting experience. Thanks for posting.

@@hillcountrychaptertexasmas7309Always wonder what to killed it.? Or if he just couldn't swim!? Thanks I also inherited a palm size spearhead actually bigger .. i love it is still sharp!

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You could contact the Hill Country Archaeology Association hcarcheology.org/

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Idk man…. Some chert thats not heat treated can be very tough… you being In Arizona might be familiar with basalt. Here in my area of Northeast New Mexico, we find lots of basalt points… we also find lots of basalt hammerstones. It tends to be the hammerstone we find more than anything else. Even more so than hard river stone/cobble. Personally, I wouldn’t use it as a hammerstone. Then again we dont have their arduous tasks of finding material and having to walk miles for good knapping stones. I think they used what was readily available most often than not. You come off like a know it all when Im sure you’ve never even held the chert hes talking about. Thats why they head treated some of it to make it more flakeable. As a flintknapper, you should know.

Actually, a rounded cobble of chert with the cortex still on it can be a very effective hammerstone. Just ask Marty @flintknappingtips. He's got at least a couple of videos demonstrating this.

I work in archeology and knapp here in SW Texas and we find flint knodules used for hammers all the time. It’s the only hammerstone I used before I had to quit. You won’t find a better stone that’s local.

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@@hillcountrychaptertexasmas7309 it sure is. Last weekend I took a Leisure drive through the Texas Hill Country between the Boerne Texas and Bandera Texas area. Along a road I lost track of I noticed several hilltop's that had terrraces. Is there an explanation?

@@williamesselman3102 our hills consist of thin layers of soil atop limestone or granite. The Llano Uplift is a distinctive region in encompasses Llano, Mason, San Saba, Gillespie, and Blanco counties but not Kendall County. The land around Boerne is our typical Hill Country landscape.

@@hillcountrychaptertexasmas7309 right, so native humans probably terraced those hilltops for soil collection and conservation. Someone should research them. There maybe pyramids underneath some of those Hills.

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It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to get Larry Eskridge to talk about the Pollinator garden at Schreiner Park he administers. He is so dedicated to it's preservation. I hope his words will encourage people to volunteer there.

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