Musing on Kim Stanley Robinson's 2013 novel Shaman, and thinking about the archeological history of Black Rock raised beach, made me wonder about the history of nearby Seven Sisters. Then I remembered seeing a certain artifact during our trip there. Thankfully, I had photographed it.
According to the sign in the Seven Sisters visitor center, this mammoth tusk was found just a few miles away. If I could pop into my TARDIS, and journey back 25,000 years, I might see the wooly mammoths walking along the beach. That'd be a sight, wouldn't it?
At the Discovering Fossils website, you'll find more photographs of Seven Sisters, including the echinoid, sponge, and bivalve fossils that can be found there. Given the wealth of fossils present, I imagine that Edward Taynton and his young gentlemen would have enjoyed a day filled with interesting discoveries, had he led an outing there in E. F. Benson's 1908 novel The Blotting Book.
Dragon Dave
Related Dragon Cache entries
Visiting My Seven Sisters: Part 1
Visiting My Seven Sisters: Part 2
I love your picture.
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