Neanderthal
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OK, here's more pics you all. These are just some odd pics that I've taken this year, and some in-situs.
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The first picture is of a bowl that I found, you can see the hole that I had to dig it out from. It's mostly here..but believe it or not, I still haven't glued it back together yet. This was found on a Mississippian site.
I couldn't resist snapping this pic. When is the last time you seen a tin beer can like this? LOL
Below is a picture of a native house floor. Notice the difference in color? The reddish hue is due to the coloration the soil turns from the constant heating inside the dwelling, etc. The large rock in the center is part of a metate. Generally metates are found just outside the dwelling, and you can find them easily if you know what and where to look in Mississippian sites. This is a broken metate, and I'm sure it had other purposes (there is a complete metate outside this dwelling that I left). There are 4-5 houses on this small village site arranged in a straight row along an old creek channel, with a large midden situated approx. 50 yards in back of them.
Below is a friend (Justin), with a metate and manos. I generally don't pack out metates, as we find several and they are a pain to haul out. I found this metate & manos a few days before I took this picture and didn't want them, so gave them to Justin (shown in photo). The metate was upside down (which is usual) and the manos were under and around it. As I stated above, you can locate metates easily once you find houses and are familiar with the cultures that inhabited them.
Below is a picture of a very large nutting stone that I didn't feel like carrying out. It was well used, and there were 2-3 others just like this one at that site.
Below is a picture of my son Brett, with a large Hopewell point that he found earlier this year. He has quite a collection of personal found artifacts, I sure am proud of him.
This picture is kind of funny. I saw this marble and decided to take a pic of it...and I TOTALLY missed the tinkler cone just above it!!!! I didn't notice it until I got home and looked at the photo. I have found several tinkling cones at this site and now I know there is at least one more still out there..lol
Hope you enjoyed the pics!
OK, here's more pics you all. These are just some odd pics that I've taken this year, and some in-situs.
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The first picture is of a bowl that I found, you can see the hole that I had to dig it out from. It's mostly here..but believe it or not, I still haven't glued it back together yet. This was found on a Mississippian site.
I couldn't resist snapping this pic. When is the last time you seen a tin beer can like this? LOL
Below is a picture of a native house floor. Notice the difference in color? The reddish hue is due to the coloration the soil turns from the constant heating inside the dwelling, etc. The large rock in the center is part of a metate. Generally metates are found just outside the dwelling, and you can find them easily if you know what and where to look in Mississippian sites. This is a broken metate, and I'm sure it had other purposes (there is a complete metate outside this dwelling that I left). There are 4-5 houses on this small village site arranged in a straight row along an old creek channel, with a large midden situated approx. 50 yards in back of them.
Below is a friend (Justin), with a metate and manos. I generally don't pack out metates, as we find several and they are a pain to haul out. I found this metate & manos a few days before I took this picture and didn't want them, so gave them to Justin (shown in photo). The metate was upside down (which is usual) and the manos were under and around it. As I stated above, you can locate metates easily once you find houses and are familiar with the cultures that inhabited them.
Below is a picture of a very large nutting stone that I didn't feel like carrying out. It was well used, and there were 2-3 others just like this one at that site.
Below is a picture of my son Brett, with a large Hopewell point that he found earlier this year. He has quite a collection of personal found artifacts, I sure am proud of him.
This picture is kind of funny. I saw this marble and decided to take a pic of it...and I TOTALLY missed the tinkler cone just above it!!!! I didn't notice it until I got home and looked at the photo. I have found several tinkling cones at this site and now I know there is at least one more still out there..lol
Hope you enjoyed the pics!
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