Yes they are and that is a very nice grouping. If J is on here, I was curious as to how and where the three elongated points underneath what looks to be a Clovis were found and if they were together. I'm not asking for the physical address mind you, but were they found field, bluff, under a rock or on a shelf, etc. I know a guy that was hunting adjacent to property my family owned. He came across to rocks while hunting that were about 14" X 14" square and about 2-3 inches thick about four feet apart. Curious, he flipped one over and there were six point about like the ones in the post 7-8 inches long. He flipped the second one over and found the same thing. A few years later I was telling a guy I was hunting with the story. He looked at me sideways and said, "if he'd dug straight down, he'd found the Indian". He went on to say he knew of two burials found under almost similar circumstances.
A neighbor told me of a place between the Kittitas and Yakima Valleys where local Indians made hunting camps for centuries and you can find lots of points and chips. A few years ago a wildfire burned through the area and I was not able to go looking. Usually, the area is deep in sage and cheatgrass. And rattlesnakes. Maybe this coming year will bring more fires - after all, the world is burning, roasting, braising - and I can head out and find history.
Also, I will send a photo of a nifty display of points hung at our local theater.
I found a fantastic arrow head, in my ex wife's dad's asparagus field. It even had tiny little teeth all around the cutting edge. Sadly, while we were still married, she ran it through the washing machine in her jeans pocket, and it killed all of the tiny teeth. She got that, along with pretty much everything else in our divorce. I even had a painting from a missionary to Togo, Africa that was done by one of his converts over there. He gave it to me in gratitude for my gifting him a huge bunch of ham radio equipment, for use when he and his family returned to Togo. My ex wife would not give that to me either. It was worth it, as I have been married to my present wife for 32 years and grow happier every day.
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ReplyDeleteYes they are and that is a very nice grouping. If J is on here, I was curious as to how and where the three elongated points underneath what looks to be a Clovis were found and if they were together. I'm not asking for the physical address mind you, but were they found field, bluff, under a rock or on a shelf, etc. I know a guy that was hunting adjacent to property my family owned. He came across to rocks while hunting that were about 14" X 14" square and about 2-3 inches thick about four feet apart. Curious, he flipped one over and there were six point about like the ones in the post 7-8 inches long. He flipped the second one over and found the same thing. A few years later I was telling a guy I was hunting with the story. He looked at me sideways and said, "if he'd dug straight down, he'd found the Indian". He went on to say he knew of two burials found under almost similar circumstances.
DeleteI have about a dozen that I have turned up in the garden in western NC. All flint and that rock is not found in the area.
ReplyDeleteI know a guy in WNC who has/had a private collection on par with or better than the display in the Smithsonian Museum.
DeleteIf those could be shared on line the information will be extraordinarily valuable. Your friend can remain in the shadows.
DeleteSame. A commenter a little earlier said there were a few quarry spots for flint (TN and KY maybe?).
DeleteI have a hand ax I found on my own property that the local university archaeology department estimated was 6000-8000 years old.
ReplyDeleteIt’s mine
DeleteA neighbor told me of a place between the Kittitas and Yakima Valleys where local Indians made hunting camps for centuries and you can find lots of points and chips. A few years ago a wildfire burned through the area and I was not able to go looking. Usually, the area is deep in sage and cheatgrass. And rattlesnakes. Maybe this coming year will bring more fires - after all, the world is burning, roasting, braising - and I can head out and find history.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I will send a photo of a nifty display of points hung at our local theater.
Kentucky was an Indian battle ground. Tribes would come from great distances just to kill each other.
ReplyDeleteI found a fantastic arrow head, in my ex wife's dad's asparagus field. It even had tiny little teeth all around the cutting edge. Sadly, while we were still married, she ran it through the washing machine in her jeans pocket, and it killed all of the tiny teeth. She got that, along with pretty much everything else in our divorce.
ReplyDeleteI even had a painting from a missionary to Togo, Africa that was done by one of his converts over there. He gave it to me in gratitude for my gifting him a huge bunch of ham radio equipment, for use when he and his family returned to Togo. My ex wife would not give that to me either. It was worth it, as I have been married to my present wife for 32 years and grow happier every day.
I have a friend who could find arrowheads in Manhattan. I can be right next to him, seeing nothing of note, and he will start picking up arrowheads.
ReplyDeleteHe reports that on military bases you find a pile of .223 brass, and beneath that a layer of .30 cal, and beneath that, arrowheads.