National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Sites 41LT172 and 41LT354 in Luminant's Kosse Mine, Limestone, Texas Page: 44
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5. Site 41LT172
(Heacock 1986). The other pressed glass decoration is an unidentified curvilinear pattern and is not
temporally diagnostic.
Maker's Marks: A single jar lid liner fragment exhibited a partial maker's mark, rendering it
unidentifiable (see Figure 4, Lot 86.1). Along the surface of the lid liner, "INED" was embossed, most
likely the end of the commonly embossed jar lid liner phrase "PORCELAIN LINED." Lewis R. Boyd
patented the "porcelain" lid liners in 1869 and the product was widely used among many canning
companies. Any jar lid liner embossed with "PORCELAIN LINED" dates post-1869 (Toulouse 1970).
Unknown (n = 12)
A total of 12 historic artifacts recovered from site 41LT172 were categorized as unknown.
Seventeen metal artifacts were too fragmentary to assign to a functional group, and 1 piece of glass
was lost in the field and thus not analyzed but categorized as unknown. The metal artifacts include
1 brass strap fragment, 6 flat iron fragments, 1 thick curved fragment, and 3 iron fragments too
small to discern any attributes.
Prehistoric Artifacts
A total of 29 prehistoric artifacts were recovered from site 41LT172. These artifacts, all of which
are lithics, were categorized by raw material and subdivided into tools and nontools. Figure 5
provides density lines for the chipped stone tools and nontools, as well as for the thermally altered
rocks.
Chipped Stone Tools
A total of four chipped stone tools were recovered from site 41LT172, including one unifacially
modified flake and three utilized flakes.
Unifacially Modified Flakes (n = 1)
Lot 41.1 is a chert flake fragment that was unifacially modified along a lateral edge and
subsequently utilized for cutting on medium-soft material. Cutting requires the tool to be held with
the working edge parallel to the direction of use (Keeley 1980).
Utilized Flakes (n = 3)
Three pieces of lithic debitage exhibited patterned use-wear and were categorized as utilized flakes.
Lot 49 is a chert flake fragment that shows wear indicative of scraping on medium-hard materials
on two separate edges. Lot 65 is a chert flake fragment that also evidenced scraping on medium-
hard materials. Lot 87.2 is a complete chert flake with use-wear consistent with scraping on
medium-hard materials. Scraping entails holding the tool with the working edge at an approximateright angle to the direction of use (Keeley 1980).
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Atkins North America, Inc. National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Sites 41LT172 and 41LT354 in Luminant's Kosse Mine, Limestone, Texas, report, February 2012; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth839205/m1/53/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.