Old Paleo Tools Article

[catherine1]

I reside in Adams Co. Ohio. I came across this article in the local newspaper from the early 90's about paleo tools in my area. With all the speculation on tools on this forum I thought i would give some of the local prospective on tools from paleo times in my area: These tools were discovered at the Sandy Springs Paleo site along the Ohio river.They are described as:

Row one: Three gravers
Row Two: Small perforators or awls for penetrating material such as leather
Row Three: Wedge-type tool used for woodworking; a multiple-spurred cutter possibly used in slicing meat; and a segmented bit tool---with a specialized type of scraper or cutter with a projecting sharp edge.
Row Four: Five heavy duty awls perhaps used in drilling wood or bone with a small toothed saw which also could have been used for cutting wood or bone.

This article states that this site produces artifacts from Paleo to Plano phase of the Indian era. Thanks For Looking!

 

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[uniface]

Nice !!!

Thanks for that !

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Keith, I have hunted that Sandy Springs Paleo site, but unfortunately we didn't find a thing that day. It hadn't been plowed yet and was bone dry and we found some flint but that was about it. Nothing worked.

There is a man that lives in Seamen, Ohio whose first name is Steve, I can't recall his last name, but he has hunted and dug this site for quite a few years and has some impresssive Paleo Points and Tools from there. I think that tray you pictured may be his because I'm pretty sure I've seen those before at the Ripley show.

Here's a little bit more info on the site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County_Paleo-Indian_District

http://www.adamscountytravel.org/history.html

 

[catherine1]

I do not know the guy in Seaman, however I have friend who has two clovis points from the site. I am going to try and get a pic from him to post. I would like to hunt the river edge of this area if that was possible or some nearby rock shelters. I think you might have some luck there. Thanks for the insight. I still don't know what this Plano culture is? I have never heard of it until I ran across these articles.Thanks for the info Steve.