He said, "These are flints that my Granddad found over his lifetime. The more "rudimentary" ones he found behind the plow about 115 years ago in Illinois. The rest are from Illinois, Texas and Colorado. He purchased the huge one but most of these he found at his feet. That little "dumb bell" looking one was a lucky charm."
Awesome collection. Hope your kids will appreciate the history.
ReplyDeleteThere is ancient history written in those tools; finding them as a kid was a favorite treat.
ReplyDeleteDo I remember correctly, the dumbbell-shaped lucky charm was used as a fish gorge?
There are some excellent sites documenting the ages and regions of stone tools; lots of rabbit trails to follow.
Really cool collection although there are far more than arrow heads there :-)
ReplyDeleteI see arrow heads, Spear heads, a couple of stone axe-hammer heads and several skinning knives there.
A nice cross section of stone tools indeed.
Also hide scrapers. To get the fat/meat off the hide. I think the dumbbell shaped one is for shaping the edges to make them sharp. Like serrations on a knife. A lot of those pre date the natives that "welcomed" our first European settlers. If you like this kind of stuff try looking at "Texas Beyond History" website. Tons of info not only on arrow heads but shelters, foods and how they cooked them and even sandals and bags made from grass.
DeleteThat collection would be cool as a glass topped coffee table.
ReplyDeleteWhile walking my daughter's dog along Cold Creek near S. Lake Tahoe some years back I let her walk in the shallows over a sandbar. She kicked up something. When I picked it found it to be an obsidian arrow head. All chipped out with cutouts for lashing to a shaft. Really cool find.
ReplyDeleteYou can dig lot of spots in WV, find thousands of years of them. Lot of diggers like to go over fresh turned farm land, don't take much to find at least a dozen different kinds.
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