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Snyders
This is a very nice Hopewell culture arrowhead. It is a Snyders Point. It is from the Late Archaic Period to Early Woodland period. It was purchased at a southern Indiana Farm auction in the 1960’s As always this is guaranteed to be old and authentic.
Indiana Adena
This is a nice Late Archaic to Early Woodland Adena Culture point. It is well made with high quality flint and is very symmetrical.
Abrading Stone
This is a very nice abrader/shaft straightener. It shows much abrading use wear on all ssurfaces with a shaft straightener on one side.
Copena Articulate
Here is a very well made Late Archaic Period point. It is pretty thin and has excellent symmetry.
Beautiful Thin Celt
This is a beautiful celt. It is very well made from a highly polished hardstone with a lot of Ironstone or hematite in it. It is very heavy and appears almost rusty with patina. It has been ground to only 1/2″ thick. Extremely thin for its length. You can still see the pecking marks and the scraping marks left by the maker. This fine piece was purchased at a southern Indiana museum auction in the late 1960’s.
Double Ended Roller Pestle
This is a nice pestle that shows signs that it was used in various positions both vertically and horizontally. It shows use wear on the sides and both ends.
Bakers Creek
This is an unusual point in that it is made from the outer rind of a flint nodule. It still has the curviture of the outer nodule. On the other side you can see the actual flint and the middle of the pouint is the flat area of the original chip with the percussion waves. The maker didn’t waste anything on this. This point was part of a collection purchased at a farm auction in southern Indiana in the late 1960’s.
Nutting Stone
This is a great example of a nutting stone that also shows signs of use as a hammerstone. Both sides are deeply indented. The tips of the triangles shape are heavily nicked and chipped showing signs of use as a hammerstone. These pitted rocks were used for various jobs. The indentations made a great spot to grip the stone to use as a hammer stone to possibly chip flint for making tools. It was probably also used to hold the spindle of a fire starter. The indentations were also used to grind and crack nuts. (thus the name) These were used by the First Peoples throughout ancient American history so it could be 300 to 11,000 years old.
Indiana Norton
This is a very nice well made point. It has a fine tip and barbed notches. The base is nicely ground and contains an excellent overall patina.
Native American Ear Spool – Reserved
This is a very rare artifact. It as worn on the earlobe that was pierced to allow this to slide into place and held in place by the small grove. It is fashioned from a speckeled hardstone and is highly polished. The front side is rounded and very symmetrical. The back side has been flattened and is more oblong. Between the front and the back is a small grove on its entire circumference. This is a great example of Native American artwork and fashion.
Flaked Hoe
Here is a nicely flaked hoe. It still shows the outer core from the flint nodule from which it was made. It was fashioned mainly by percussion flaking with a little pressure flaking along the working edges. The edges show some smoothing from use wear. It was probably from the Late Archaic Period when the Native Americans first started planting crops in Indiana around 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. It was legally recovered while surface hunting in Miami County.
Banded Slate Bannerstone Study Piece
This is a great example showing the detail of a reed drilled hole. Use it to study the markings and patina of an authentic piece so you know when you see one drilled with a modern drill. This beautifully banded piece was surface found in Pickaway County Ohio.