The Grim Reaper
Gold Member
For the past several years, going all the way back to 1995 when I found my first artifact there which was a nice Discoidal, I have been hunting a Ft Ancient village site and finding some very nice pieces. This site has been excavated numerous times, both professionally and by amateurs. I have even did a little digging around in some of the trash pits or middens on the site.
About 3 years ago a guy I know bought the site and began doing a dig of his own. He dug a ditch about 6 feet wide and 4 feet deep through one end of the site and began excavating on one side of the ditch and throwing the dirt behind him as he went. I got permission to surface hunt the piles after it rained and each time I went I found a few pieces. Most of what I found was broken or damaged because they were pieces that were coming from the middens, but occasionally I would find a really nice piece. The man digging this site didn't screen any of the dirt as he was excavating so he was missing quite a few pieces and as the rain washed down the piles more and more was becoming exposed for me to find.
Since he started his dig I have found close to 300 trayable artifacts including some very nice Beads of bone and shell, some nice Bone Tools, 6 Drilled Teeth, and a Pipe. I have posted a few of the items on here before in the past but I thought I would post everything that I have found there so far along with a few in situs of some of the better pieces. Hopefully PaleoJoe will see this and post some of his finds from here as well. He has quite a few killer pieces from this site including the double Drilled Tooth he just found.
First off I'll show a couple of pictures of the site so you can see what I'm talking about with the dirt piles we are looking through. Then I'll post some of the artifacts.
About 3 years ago a guy I know bought the site and began doing a dig of his own. He dug a ditch about 6 feet wide and 4 feet deep through one end of the site and began excavating on one side of the ditch and throwing the dirt behind him as he went. I got permission to surface hunt the piles after it rained and each time I went I found a few pieces. Most of what I found was broken or damaged because they were pieces that were coming from the middens, but occasionally I would find a really nice piece. The man digging this site didn't screen any of the dirt as he was excavating so he was missing quite a few pieces and as the rain washed down the piles more and more was becoming exposed for me to find.
Since he started his dig I have found close to 300 trayable artifacts including some very nice Beads of bone and shell, some nice Bone Tools, 6 Drilled Teeth, and a Pipe. I have posted a few of the items on here before in the past but I thought I would post everything that I have found there so far along with a few in situs of some of the better pieces. Hopefully PaleoJoe will see this and post some of his finds from here as well. He has quite a few killer pieces from this site including the double Drilled Tooth he just found.
First off I'll show a couple of pictures of the site so you can see what I'm talking about with the dirt piles we are looking through. Then I'll post some of the artifacts.
Amazon Forum Fav 👍
Attachments
-
Fuert Site Finds (163).jpg91.7 KB · Views: 414
-
Fuert Site Finds (164).jpg81.7 KB · Views: 400
-
New Pics20.jpg32.7 KB · Views: 408
-
Fuert Site Finds (45).jpg56.5 KB · Views: 404
-
New Pics15.jpg43.2 KB · Views: 419
-
New Pics14.jpg38.4 KB · Views: 381
-
New Pics16.jpg57.9 KB · Views: 413
-
New Pics13.jpg57.2 KB · Views: 398
-
New Pics12.jpg54.3 KB · Views: 420
-
New Pics11.jpg42.7 KB · Views: 397
-
Fuert Site Finds (161).jpg112 KB · Views: 403
-
Fuert Site Finds (164).jpg81.7 KB · Views: 389
-
Fuert Site Finds (163).jpg91.7 KB · Views: 414
-
New Pics20.jpg32.7 KB · Views: 413
-
Fuert Site Finds (44).jpg81.4 KB · Views: 404
-
Fuert Site Finds (45).jpg56.5 KB · Views: 405
Upvote
0