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View across a partially exposed bone bed (Feature 15) dating to the Toyah interval at the Mustang Branch site on the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau near San Marcos, Texas. Amid the fragmented bones are numerous stone tools including a complete beveled knife near the center of the photo. Most of the bones in this dense, midden-like deposit were those of deer and antelope with a small amount of turkey and turtle. Although bison hunting is an important part of Toyah culture, this bone bed shows that deer (and to a lesser extent, antelope) remained major food items. Photo from TARL archives.

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