Largest arrowhead ever photographed!
Posted on 15. Feb, 2009 by Big Ed.
Sometimes you just see a picture that just makes you smile. Or, at least it makes you smirk. Taken in San Bernardino, California, this is certainly one of those pictures. The dimensions and materials used in crafting this particular “arrowhead” make it singularly unique. And fun! 
Flashback: The Lost World of Range Creek
Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
The world’s greatest open-air museum kept a secret for 50 years.
Imagine discovering a prolific ancient site that has never before been seen by ‘western’ eyes. A site that lay undisturbed for the past 700-1000 years. Arrowheads, pottery sherds, and beads remain in place from where they were last touched. Rock art unmarred by [...]
We’ve launched!
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Big Ed.
Arrowheadology.com is live! After months of planning and listening to feedback from the artifact community, we are very proud to launch the site today! But, enough about all of that. It’s time to learn, contribute and share in the wonder of ancient artifacts and early man!
Some things you’ll want to check-out:
Neanderthals Threw Underhanded!
Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Hence their demise….
Seriously, it’s sports medicine we owe credit to for shedding shed light on ancient projectile technology. Apparently ancient humans threw overhanded while Neanderthals did not. The sample size is admittedly small however the implications are profound. Biological anthropologist Jill Rhodes and Steven E. Churchill of Duke University recently published their findings in the Journal of Human Evolution.
Calf Creek Embedded in Bison Skull
Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Much discussion and speculation has centered around how Andice (and Calf Creek Culture ) points were utilized; more specifically, were they knives or projectiles?
A diagnostic trait of the group (Calf Creek, Bell, Andice) is the unusually deep basal nothing which resulted in long drooping barbs or ‘ears’ and a long, slender stem. While these deep [...]
What wiped out the Clovis People?
Posted on 30. Jan, 2009 by Big Ed.
Clovis. It’s a word that brings a smile to even the most hardened relic hunter’s face. The Clovis People represent some of North America’s oldest inhabitants, living more than 13,000 years ago during the waning moments of Earth’s last great Ice Age. They brought us some of the most ancient, beautiful and valuable points ever [...]
Iceman Reveals More Secrets
Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Oetzi, the ‘Iceman’ discovered in thawing in the Italian Alps in 1991 continues to reveal much about his way of life some 5300 years ago.
In 2007 scientists speculated that severe head trauma and a lethal arrowhead wound in the shoulder killed the iceman.
Top 10 Arrowhead Urban Legends & Folklore
Posted on 01. Jan, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
Sure you’ve heard them. Maybe even believed them yourself at one time. They are the “old wives’ tales” of the artifact world. And some of them are doozies. These are the stories you heard when you first started collecting or occasionally still might hear in certain circles.
Let’s take a look at some of the more [...]
Corner Tang; A Texas Original
Posted on 01. Jan, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
One of the many great archeological mysteries of Texas is ‘how where corner tang knives hafted?’
Luckily with the help of some very dedicated individuals, replication studies, and high power microscopy, we have a some plausible theories.
