Yes, they dislike the term. They prefer WigWam among the Wampanoag. This is a contact period term and style of dwelling. It was not meant to be a mobile shelter, which the Tipi was.
Thank you. It’s a broken piece. I can’t tell what it looked like when it was whole, and I’m not sure if there is something in the archeological record to reference. But, I guess I’ll have to do what I can to find out.
What a day! That makes me smile hard.
The tally pendent piece? for some reason makes me think of “Leaf Erickson” for better name but viking or that sort of artifact. I cant even give a reason for that other than a guess but it is an extra special piece. Its another one of those “one offish-one of a kinds” that adds speculation and mystery, good spirit inspiration.
No I didn’t. But, it’s a tight area that has been producing Early Archaic to Woodland Period Artifacts after storms on a regular basis. This is the same area where I found an AtlAtl Weight PreForm and a Narrow Merrimack Stemmed Dart, which I previously posted.
Thank you!
Wigwam and wetu are the two terms used to describe the dwellings used by southern New England Algonquin groups...
It’s a very cool find. I would guess it was a pendant, or some “decorative” piece. As far as the triangles, it’s a very common design element in native rock art, often displayed as zig-zag lines.
Someone can dig into this, but I remember Jim Bennett and one other individual, whose name escapes me, wrote an article once stating their conclusion that, for who knows what reason(s), items that broke were often then tallied after the fact. They claimed natives often tallied broken pieces. Just a thought. If I had the article, I’d post a link. Just remember Bennett delved into that observation.