Foiled Again
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Hello All. This is my first post in this section.
Below are some artifacts that I found accidentally while metal detecting. I took them to the archaeology department of the local university where they were looked at by an archaeologist and a technician. The items are all authentic paleo-indian artifacts and are between 8000 and 9000 years old. I got the impression that they thought I was some sort of tomb raider as they were not impressed that I had removed them. They probably are right as they could learn more about ancient peoples if the artifacts are left in their original context. I will be giving the relics to the university. I just wanted to photograph and post my finds before I give them up. If I happen to find more I will leave them where they are and tell the university where to find them.
The reason I was even able to spot them was that I had once volunteered to go on a dig of a paleo-indian site so I knew what to look for somewhat. One of them (scraper) was right under a dime I was digging up, the others were found sticking up out of the mud.
Here is the first pic of a scraper and projectile point. The point was not completed and was probably thrown away when the maker realized it probably wouldn't work out. The scraper may have been used. The material for these is purple jasper taconite. There is lots of this material on the former shore of Lake Superior. The original shore of the ancient lake is a couple of miles north of the current shore of Lake Superior.
Here are pics of these two in my wife's hands to give you some idea of size.
Interesting to think that while the person was making these he had to watch out for sabre-toothed tigers and wooly mammoths etc. Apparently there were even beavers as big as moose around then.
These last pics are of an abandoned attempt to make a projectile point I think. It is made out of a different material, possibly hematite. You can see where the point snapped off while he was still working on it. The bottom pic shows the grooves made while he/she was knocking off small flakes.
This last pic shows the detail.
Hope you enjoy the pics. I enjoy the posts in this section a lot.
Happy hunting,
Foiled Again
Below are some artifacts that I found accidentally while metal detecting. I took them to the archaeology department of the local university where they were looked at by an archaeologist and a technician. The items are all authentic paleo-indian artifacts and are between 8000 and 9000 years old. I got the impression that they thought I was some sort of tomb raider as they were not impressed that I had removed them. They probably are right as they could learn more about ancient peoples if the artifacts are left in their original context. I will be giving the relics to the university. I just wanted to photograph and post my finds before I give them up. If I happen to find more I will leave them where they are and tell the university where to find them.
The reason I was even able to spot them was that I had once volunteered to go on a dig of a paleo-indian site so I knew what to look for somewhat. One of them (scraper) was right under a dime I was digging up, the others were found sticking up out of the mud.
Here is the first pic of a scraper and projectile point. The point was not completed and was probably thrown away when the maker realized it probably wouldn't work out. The scraper may have been used. The material for these is purple jasper taconite. There is lots of this material on the former shore of Lake Superior. The original shore of the ancient lake is a couple of miles north of the current shore of Lake Superior.
Here are pics of these two in my wife's hands to give you some idea of size.
Interesting to think that while the person was making these he had to watch out for sabre-toothed tigers and wooly mammoths etc. Apparently there were even beavers as big as moose around then.
These last pics are of an abandoned attempt to make a projectile point I think. It is made out of a different material, possibly hematite. You can see where the point snapped off while he was still working on it. The bottom pic shows the grooves made while he/she was knocking off small flakes.
This last pic shows the detail.
Hope you enjoy the pics. I enjoy the posts in this section a lot.
Happy hunting,
Foiled Again
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