It's been a while since my last post but I wanted to share a few finds I have made over the last few months..
My parents bought a piece of property with a very nice rock bottom creek running through it a fee years back where I have found some great stuff including a perfect 3/4 grooved axe. They finished building their house on top of a hill overlooking a small valley that the creek runs through just a few months back. Based on where I was and was not finding stuff it never occurred to me to poke around the construction site for anything until I was over in Christmas Day! Sure enough, I was walking down towards the creek and looked down and saw a nice size blade laying on the top of the soil broken in three pieces! On further inspection the area was littered with broken pieces! Under my nose the entire time!!
Anyway, I am looking for some advice. The bottom pieces are two that I found at my parents. I don't know what the piece on the left is exactly. Is it an unfinished piece, a knife?? The piece to the right has got me as well. I can't tell if it's a piece of pottery or not. It is clay because it dissolves in water and gets the slimy texture that clay does. I'm a total amateur so I have no clue..
The top pieces were found in a different part of the county near another creek well known for Indian activity. I haven't ID'd either. A friend said the one on the left is a preform based on a pic I sent. This thing is as finely worked as anything I have picked up but again I don't have the experience to know.
Is the red one made from red jasper? I'm curious if red jasper is even native to southern Illinois. I've been intrigued by the sources of types if chert and how far they traveled to get here...
Anyway, any help identifying these four is greatly appreciated!! Thanks!
My parents bought a piece of property with a very nice rock bottom creek running through it a fee years back where I have found some great stuff including a perfect 3/4 grooved axe. They finished building their house on top of a hill overlooking a small valley that the creek runs through just a few months back. Based on where I was and was not finding stuff it never occurred to me to poke around the construction site for anything until I was over in Christmas Day! Sure enough, I was walking down towards the creek and looked down and saw a nice size blade laying on the top of the soil broken in three pieces! On further inspection the area was littered with broken pieces! Under my nose the entire time!!
Anyway, I am looking for some advice. The bottom pieces are two that I found at my parents. I don't know what the piece on the left is exactly. Is it an unfinished piece, a knife?? The piece to the right has got me as well. I can't tell if it's a piece of pottery or not. It is clay because it dissolves in water and gets the slimy texture that clay does. I'm a total amateur so I have no clue..
The top pieces were found in a different part of the county near another creek well known for Indian activity. I haven't ID'd either. A friend said the one on the left is a preform based on a pic I sent. This thing is as finely worked as anything I have picked up but again I don't have the experience to know.
Is the red one made from red jasper? I'm curious if red jasper is even native to southern Illinois. I've been intrigued by the sources of types if chert and how far they traveled to get here...
Anyway, any help identifying these four is greatly appreciated!! Thanks!
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