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| "The point was probably sitting on the floor of the bay, as the
sea level has
risen over some of the early middens. Oyster spats (free swimming larvae) settle on firm objects to grow, (other oysters, rocks, wood,etc.) The oyster has grown on top of the point, and dwarfing it. The point was assimalated into the shell during the growing process. If you picture the object upside down you can imagine how this took place. The topcurved part of the shell is the oldest from which the growth takes place. I lifted up the end of the shell (with a stack of bus.cards) to get a good perpendicular scan.. The funny thing is that someone picked this oyster to eat, and discarded
the
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Thanks to Garry, a frequent contributor and good "Dirt
Bro" from Houston.
I'd sure like to see other examples of points grown into things. Bob |