@explainingourpast: 🏹 TEXAS'S ANCIENT TREASURE — ALIBATES FLINT QUARRIES Hidden in the Texas Panhandle is a geological wonder millions of years in the making—and a remarkable story of the people who once called this land home. Around 260 million years ago, this region was covered by shallow seas along the ancient supercontinent Pangaea. Over time, mineral-rich waters transformed portions of the dolomite into extraordinary multicolored flint. Iron and other trace elements produced brilliant bands of red, orange, blue, purple, and white. For more than 13,000 years, Indigenous peoples traveled here to quarry this remarkable stone, prized for its ability to fracture into razor-sharp blades, spear points, and tools. Alibates flint eventually reached distant communities through vast exchange networks. Between approximately AD 1150 and 1450, the Antelope Creek people built permanent stone-and-clay villages along the Canadian River. They farmed, hunted bison, crafted pottery, and exchanged valuable materials with other Indigenous communities. Although their settlements were eventually abandoned, their descendants and cultural legacy endure. Today, Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument protects more than ancient stone. It preserves a fascinating connection between Earth's geological history and thousands of years of human ingenuity. Millions of years in the making. Thousands of years of human history. And a Texas treasure hiding in plain sight. #ExplainingOurPast #TexasHistory #AlibatesFlintQuarries #NativeAmericanHistory #Archaeology

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