Deer bone

[BJS in Iowa]

Didn't I read somewhere that these are fakes? That someone made them back in the 50's or 60's and sold them as real? Someone sent me this but I've held one in my hand that looked a lot like it.

 

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[tnmudman]

That is interesting, but why would someone make repros of deer vertebrae, that seems very odd to me.Is there really a market for fake deer bones?

 

[Indian Steve]

I think he is talking about the point stuck in the bone. I think that it is a fake. Just My Opinion.

 

[arrow86]

I think he is talking about the point stuck in the bone. I think that it is a fake. Just My Opinion.

Yea I'd say that was the thing in question I would deff say fake if found around here bones would have decomposed

 

[Quinoa]

There's actually quite a few people who hunt with stone pointed arrows and bows they make themselves. It's just called Primitive archery vs traditional archery. They take big game with them, mainly deer, pigs etc.
Some people make a living out of selling the arrows/arrowheads and other equipment.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

That same picture has been making the rounds on just about Facebook artifact page in the last couple of weeks. It seems it was always found by a friend, uncle, cousin, etc on every post. Like said above, there are people who still hunt this way and it's possible it may be real. It's just not ancient. That bone is not old enough to have a Late Archaic type Stemmed Point imbedded in it.

 

[tnmudman]

I didnt even see the point sticking out of it lol.If it was found in a cave or under a bluff it could be real, but just from the picture it doesnt appear to ne that old as grim said.That would be a cool find, but the idea of some guy out there manufacturing these things for sale seems odd

 

[monsterrack]

I've made a number of them for people that want to sit something out for display/conversation This one was made for Larson a departed friend to a lot of folks on this site.

 

[RGINN]

In 1962 I saw one embedded in a deer hip bone that was the real deal. It was found on Dead Woman Creek in Oklahoma by my cousins. There's also that calf creek point in a bison skull they found down in Oklahoma. Bad aim, dude, but the real deal. I have also seen a point embedded in a human neck vertebra, from a site in Caddo County, OK. This dated back about 700 years ago. There are no pics of this that I know around, but it really did tell a story.

 

[CHUDs]

Oetzi the "Ice Man" found in the Italian Alps, I believe, had a stone point embedded in his pelvis when they found him. I believe it had healed in there too. I'll see if I can find a pic.

 

[CHUDs]

Sorry it was Kennewick man...approx 20 years before his death he took a spear point to the hip...

 

[newnan man]

Oetzi the "Ice Man" found in the Italian Alps, I believe, had a stone point embedded in his pelvis when they found him. I believe it had healed in there too. I'll see if I can find a pic.

I think you're correct about the Ice Man too. I remember the scientist's believe that is what killed him. Maybe in his upper back?

 

[ghp95134]

I think you're correct about the Ice Man too. I remember the scientist's believe that is what killed him. Maybe in his upper back?

Yes, upper back:

This new medical evidence suggests that an attacker, positioned behind and below his victim, fired a single arrow that struck the Iceman's left shoulder blade–precisely the area at which prehistoric hunters aimed to bring down game with one shot. The arrow went clean through the bone and pierced the artery. Blood instantly began to gush out, filling the space between the shoulder blade and the ribs. In his few remaining minutes of life, the Iceman became a textbook case of what is now known as hemorrhagic shock. His heart started to race. Sweat drenched his garments, even at an altitude two miles (three kilometers) above sea level. He felt increasingly faint because not enough oxygen was reaching his brain. In a matter of a few minutes, the Iceman collapsed, lost consciousness, and bled out.

Another x-ray showing the point in different color.

Sources.


--Guy

 

[BJS in Iowa]

Yes, I was not insinuating that bone was fake or that the point was not ancient, only that the point in it was put there recently. I'm pretty skeptical that it is authentically old. A guy I worked with offshore once brought one to work that looked strikingly similar to this that he claimed was found in Texas by his "uncle-brother-cousin-firend" or the like.

 

[ghp95134]

Wasn't this image used as an avatar by a member here?


20 year-old Anasazi woman's skull


--Guy

 

[oldsilver]

look for an impact fracture on the tip...acidic soils in NJ would never leave something like that behind...

 

[BJS in Iowa]

It was a picture a friend sent me off of Facebook like Grimm Reaper said.