sunwatch village (dayton, ohio)

[mickey]

here are some artifacts from sunwatch

[mickey]

sunwatch pottery

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[samson357]

the dogs were kinda neat

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice looking pictures Mickey. The Wolf/Human Face double Effigy Pipe is probably one of the most famous pieces to come from Sunwatch. I've seen a lot of pictures of that piece and it is one very cool artifact.

[ohioaxeman]

Is that pipe whole? Outstanding piece!

[Tnmountains]

Thanks for sharing. Were the pots from that site all known for the upper design? I have seen dog burials but never a double. Makes you wonder if they were buried by the owner.
Neat stuff I am guessing late mississipian?
Thanks

[The Grim Reaper]

Here's a link to check out Sunwatch Village. If you are ever in the Dayton Ohio area I highly reccomend you check this place out.


http://www.sunwatch.org/

[flintdigger]

Those are some great artifacts, I really like pottery I think it is very interesting when you get the chance to see a near complete or complete piece that has been reconstructed, that is the kind of stuff I would love to see.

[choo]

Nice pieces that dovetail drill is a great piece, is the wolf pipe complete?

[trevmma]

u from the dayton area

[The Grim Reaper]

u from the dayton area

I used to be when I was younger. I lived in Springboro, which is right outside Dayton, until I was 13 and then we moved to Wheelersburg in southern Ohio. My father used to take us to places like this all the time when we were younger. I've been to Fort Ancient to many times to count, but I've only been to Sun Watch once and we didn't stay long. I really need to go back and spend some time there.

[pointdlr]

Mickey,

Thanks for your posting. In particular, the frame with the arrowheads. Several years ago, I was basically asked to leave the museum b/c I questioned the head archaeologist on that frame. If you look at the pieces labeled "16", you will see 2 Fort Ancient Knives, and a fantastic Indiana Green Paleo point. The writing at the museum refers to #16 as 3 Fort Ancient knives. The Indiana Green Paleo piece is so obviously mistyped in person that many on this board would be shocked. You can even see the heavy basal and side grinding through the glass. First, the archaeologist asked me what my credentials were. Second, he said he had never heard of a material called Attica Chert(Indiana Green). Third, he said there were no Paleo pieces found at SunWatch, and it was only a Fort Ancient Site. After the 3rd statement, I had to comment, since that frame shows multiple pieces not related to the Fort Ancient Culture. I promise I was polite, but was still pushed out the door. Just another great experience dealing with professional's who are not trained to identify the artifacts they dig up.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson

[ohioaxeman]

Mickey... do you have anymore pictures of that pipe? Does anyone have more pictures? I tried googling it but got frustrated!