Artifacts found

[DennisStrickland]

so many indian types worked thru that area that comparative artifact study would probably give some general answers . check with the nearest college anthropology dept. to get an idea. i think comanches would be the least possible.

 

[j williams]

G'day Doc



Notice how the underside of the hole is smaller in diameter than the top?

The whole purpose of using friction as a means of starting a fire is to generate enough heat to generate a ember that is hot enough to ignite dry tinder.... right?

Is there any reason why the ember only has to be generated from the wood of the spindle or the wood of the hearth board?

Our Aboriginals used to use either dry grass or dried herbivore dung to generate the ember

The ones I've seen used involved packing the hole with either crumbled up dry herbivore dung or crushed up dry grasses. The spindle was then placed on top and rotated to generate the friction required to generate the ember.

In the Aboriginal fire stones I've seen used, the smaller diameter hole functions in pretty much the same way as the notch on fireboards (i.e. a way for the embers generated to be able to spill out onto the kindling).

The tinder was generally placed under the stone so that the embers fell out onto the tinder.

Generally takes less effort than relying on the wood of either hearth board or spindle to generate the coal :thumbup:




Kind regards
Mick

wow, great stuff! :thumbup: Ive never heard of that before, but it definatly makes sense.

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Those are great finds. I love hunting artifacts. Found some cool stuff over the years. My grandfather found a complete tomahawk head after plowing his back 40...Coolest thing ive seen outside of a museum.

Ive found a spear head, arrowheads, scrapers and various other tools, but no pottery yet. I love going to fresh plowed fields, and after flood waters recede.

Thanks for postin!!

Ive always wanted a good metal detector too. Lots of Civil War battlefields, and old homesteads, and train robbery stuff around here...

 

[crj1968]

Wow a 3 inch arrowhead- nice. Most of the stuff I've found was in Colorado, Granby lake area. All red chert. In other parts of the state, where the chert wasnt there naturally we would find hunks of it that they would take with them while migrating.

I've always been fascinated by native american stuff. Close to me in Idaho is this place:
http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/fo/four_rivers/recreation_sites_/0.html

Alot of "drawings" on the rocks- BLM owned so you cant scour the area for treasures.

Any sorry for rambling- would love to see more pics of this type of stuff though!