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So you flushed an entire, long, interesting, multi-participant discussion of authentic Native American (you know, the guys who made the artifacts) history because you (or somebody) found "politics in it. Well, you can probably find "politics" in nearly anything if you're determined enough to...

Flake Cores

From the perspective of 35+ years of studying exactly such stuff, to the near exclusion of "points" (Jack Webb voice: "Just the tools, Ma'am"): People virtually disable themselves from understanding NA tools by focusing on "arrowheads" early on. Once the assumption is established that...

No business like shoah business, huh ?

Doesn't electrolysis reverse corrosion and put metal back on again ?

I.cutler's right.

Electrolysis ? (Don't know -- just curious)

It does. But wouldn't aluminium oxidize white ?

Worked. And used hard -- quick and dirty ad hoc ("expedient") piece, discarded after one-time task was accomplished. MO, FWIW.

Haven't the patience to wade through the above. The drum on the barrel shows it was a caplock, so it could not date much before 1825 -- in its final form, at least.

Probably some jade lookalike stone.

Superb !!!!!!!!!!!

I don't recall ever seeing a chert marble before. And so small !

Not even tarnished ?!?!?!

People are completely unable to distinguish the pictures in their minds from the realities those pictures represent. So much so that they believe the picture catalogue to be reality itself. Problem is GIGO -- garbage in --> garbage out. " I never saw one/that isn't in any book I ever read"...

I like it. FWIW

IMO, www.presistoricartifacts.com JD there is an extrememy knowledgeable and straight-arrow honest buyer/seller. FWIW

I believe you've made your point already, RC, and made it well. As long as the point of reference is ornithology, your contention is admittedly unassailable. But the assumption embedded in it, that because your usage is correct in your context it should, on that basis, be imposed on everyone --...

"Only by people who don't know the difference. A buzzard is no vulture." Fine, Jim. (Not that this is probably worth wrangling over): in your [officially correct] linguistic sphere, a redbird is a "cardinal." In my vernacular one, (assuming you have them out there), your "goldfinch" is a...

Looks like I've been educated :) In the states, a buzzard is a vulture. Live and learn !