Alright all you guys in Europe...some really old American stuff.

[VictorVincimus]

These are pottery pieces that we pulled out of our local creek that span many centuries. These are both Cherokee and Catawba Indian shards. The chert cutting tool was traded into the area because we have no chert in our area. These are on top of the sand after every rain. The chert tool is a special one. I've never found another.


The black shard is Cherokee from a paddle stamping process where they carve the pattern onto a piece of wood and stamp it onto the clay. This is the earliest piece the best we can figure.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds VictorVincimus!

 

[Westfront]

Nice pottery! Can you give an estimate how old these are?

 

[Nutriasub]

Fantastic pottery, love the cutter!!
I would love to find something like that!

 

[VictorVincimus]

Our county archaeologist went with 500 BC to 1700's with some of the other pieces I have.

 

[Westfront]

Our county archaeologist went with 500 BC to 1700's with some of the other pieces I have.

Thats nice! But i'm sure you can top that. I read that some artifacts in the US can be older. But probably not that nice as this pottery!

 

[joeyfresh]

Thats nice! But i'm sure you can top that. I read that some artifacts in the US can be older. But probably not that nice as this pottery!

There have been been projectile points just south of me at Cactus Hill dating back 16,000 years ago. That, of coarse, pales in comparison to you guys in Europe.

Nice pottery Victor.

 

[John Boy]

Very nice.those are always cool to find.

 

[CRUSADER]

I like it, we pick up pottery shards & use it to date the sites we find. Any with decor are a bonus!

 

[VictorVincimus]

I have a bunch more but loaned them to the museum. Those were all found in a hundred yard stretch but span over 1200 years. All found the same day too. I've been looking for the source but haven't found it yet