Archive for 'Paleo'
A Paleo Mystery from Illinois
Posted on01. Nov, 2011 by Shannon Graham.
We thank John Garrett, frequent Arrowheadology contributor for authoring and submitting this article for your enjoyment and comment.
A Paleo Mystery from Illinois
John Garrett, July 1, 2011
The subject of this report is an artifact that shares attributes with many late Paleo-Indian projectile points including lateral edge grinding and generally horizontal flake scars. As it [...]
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Temple 2011 Comes to an End
Posted on06. Jun, 2011 by Shannon Graham.
And as quickly as that (snapping fingers) the Temple, Texas 2011 Indian Artifact show is behind us.
Kudos are in order for Leslie Pfeifer and the members of The Genuine Indian Relic Society (G.I.R.S) who do all the ‘heavy lifting’ to present a first rate event. This show is co-hosted with The Texas Chapter of the [...]
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Another ‘Elaborate Sting’ Out West
Posted on05. Mar, 2011 by Shannon Graham.
Over the past few years we’ve seen praise on public artifact forums for professional archeologists sharing their knowledge with amateurs while studying their collections. These posts from a New Mexico collector in 2007 are an example.
“In June(2006) I also had the opportunity to work with a couple of professionals. I hosted Dan Amick from Loyola [...]
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2010 Arrowheadology in Review
Posted on28. Dec, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
As the sun sets on 2010, we look back on this year’s discoveries in the form of new finds, friends, and wisdom shared. It was a good year.
Thank you for all your contributions, knowledge, offers of assistance, sharing your finds, documenting events and shows, and every effort put forth to further our understanding of all [...]
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An Early Multi-Purpose Tool from the Great Basin
Posted on14. Nov, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
John Garrett, Arrowheadology Moderator and frequent contributor to the Arrowheadology main page, provides this intersting look this week at a Great Basin artifact.
In the rugged Great Basin region of the western US, the earliest lithic assemblages are frequently found on dry lakebed margins and shorelines and their associated streams and washes. (Willig and Aikens 1988:27-28) [...]
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Why Did They Do That – Grinding?
Posted on28. Jul, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
This article was authored and kindly submitted by John Garrett, a.k.a. ‘Mojave’. We appreciate John’s many contributions to Arrowheadology as well as to the greater collecting community.
By John Garrett
This commentary examines one of the more curious peculiarities in the technological habit patterns of earliest Americans, generally referred to as Paleo-Indians; marginal grinding of projectile point [...]
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The Mullins Texas Clovis Cache
Posted on01. Jul, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
Dr. Leslie Pfeiffer first reported on this Clovis Cache in the Central States Archaeological Journal (January 2005, volume 52, number 1, pp 32-33) and referred to it as the “Mullins Cache”. Discovered during a sand and gravel mining operation 2004 in Bastrop County (southeast-central Texas), this 13 piece cache is believed to be an [...]
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