Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, Volume 27, 1956 Page: 33
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Archeological Materials from the Texas Coast
Island (Plate 2, DD), as well as a large number of flint
flakes of assorted sizes that may have been used but bear
no traces of retouching or use. These materials cannot be
assigned to any particular occupation at the site.
Milling Stones. Milling stones seem to have been rare at
Webb Island. The collections include one hand stone (mano)
and one fragment of a grinding slab, both made of sandstone.
The hand stone has been shaped by pecking; it is broadly
oval in outline and has one strongly convex grinding facet
(Plate 4, E). The grinding-slab fragment shows wear on
both flat surfaces. Milling stones have not yet been linked
with the Rockport Focus, but they do occur in the Aransas
Focus (Campbell, 1947, pp. 59-60).
Hammerstones. A lenticular core of mottled gray flint
(69 x 81 x 28 mm.) was used as a hammerstone, for its cir-
cumference is heavily battered in places. A rectanguloid
quartzite pebble also shows battering along all its edges.
These could have occurred in either occupation at Webb
Island.
Abrading Stones. Five small, thin fragments of sandstone
show flat or slightly concave grinding facets on both sur-
faces. Fragments of pumice, which frequently wash ashore
on the Texas coast, appear to have been collected by the
aboriginal inhabitants and used for purposes of abrasion.
Six such pumice fragments, all roughly oval in outline, were
found on Webb Island, three of them in Jackson's excava-
tions. The largest has a length of 97 mm., but only one of
these six fragments exhibits any evidence of usage-a flat
facet developed by abrasion. Sandstone abraders have been
reported from Aransas sites (Campbell, 1952, p. 72), but
sandstone and pumice abraders have yet to be linked with
the Rockport Focus.
Asphaltum. Lumps of asphaltum were encountered by
Jackson in the upper 12 inches of the midden deposit. Eight
were collected and brought to the laboratory. One small
piece bears a faint basketry impression on one flat surface.
Wilson also collected one small piece of asphaltum showing33
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