Bone Tools

The Grim Reaper · Jan 30, 2009

I'm snowed in here big time after that massive storm went through this week. We had 7 inches of snow on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, followed by 3/4 inch of ice all day Tuesday and then another 2 inches of snow on Weds morning so there's no hunting here for and I thought I'd post a few items.

These are some of my better Bone Tools. There are some Trigger Bone Awls, a nice Bone Chisel, some Deer Antler Arrowpoints and Flaking Tools, some Splinter Bone Awls, a couple Bone Needles, and some other odds and ends. All of these came from Ft Ancient village sites here in southern Ohio and date from around 950 to 1650 AD.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

newnan man · Feb 1, 2009

Great collection of bones and teeth. You are in a great area but I know it takes hours of searching and you seem to have the "sense" that keeps the stuff coming!
I have an old friend in Ohio and we would search all the time. I could never find stuff like he could, he seemed to have a 6th. sense! Thanks.

The Grim Reaper · Feb 1, 2009

Thanks newnan man. I have been hunting for close to 44 years, but didn't start hunting Ft Ancient village sites until about 1993. My buddies and I up until that point would avoid these sites because they were littered with Bone, Shell, and Pottery which made it hard to hunt and all you would find were little Triangle Points and we were after the big Archaic and Woodland pieces. Little did we know the wealth of artifacts to be had from these village sites. I ran into a guy in the field one day and he showed me the Beads, Pendants, Discoidals, and a Pipe he had found on a village site while I was hunting all around it and after that we became friends and he showed me how to hunt these sites and what to look for and I've been hooked ever since. I still love finding the big Archaic and Woodland pieces, but given the choice, I would hunt a Ft Ancient village site first any time now.