Boy Finds 14,000-Year-Old Arrowhead-- Article Link

[MichiganMan]

I thought this was a neat find by the kid and that the NAIA board would enjoy it:

Boy finds 10,000-year-old arrowhead on beach - AOL.com

 

[quito]

Cool!

Naive little fellow. That's the last place i would have thought of to put it right away.

 

[Peyton Manning]

a. how do you date an arrowhead?

b. see a

 

[releventchair]

Why call it an arrow head? Give its history without a bow and arrow in mind.





http://makingflakes.blogspot.com/2012/12/atlatl-how-do-you-even-say-that.html

 

[Tony in SC]

Interesting clip!! I think the expert needs to talk to another expert!! I can't believe that a boy that age did not want to keep that point Tony

 

[Charl]

Quite a few news articles at the time, some of which included good photos, which I saved at the time. That's yellow Pa. Jasper beneath the black salt water patina.......

Boy finds 10,000-year-old artifact on LBI

Boy finds 10,000-year-old arrowhead on N.J. beach | NJ.com

 

[MichiganMan]

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Thanks for the links and pictures Charl.

 

[newnan man]

Shame that he gave it to the Smithsonian. Like they need more stuff to hide in their archives where it is never seen again.

 

[yakker]

I see nothing where he gave it to the Smithsonian (local museum- I read there). And he was given a special box to keep it in. Did I miss some crucial facts here or is he doing what many, many kids would do? I've been teaching my young students about Native American archaeology, and they don't know what's literally under their feet-- literally. Seems to me folks here are being a bit arch- about how they view a pretty typical American kid and what he found- and what he's doing with it. Nice article-- thanks for sharing. So close to where I used to live (wish it had been me!) HH Yakker

 

[Neanderthal]

Wonderful find and a wonderful sentiment by the kid. It was pretty unselfish of him to choose donating it to a museum, where others can enjoy it as well.

 

[Charl]

I see nothing where he gave it to the Smithsonian (local museum- I read there). And he was given a special box to keep it in. Did I miss some crucial facts here or is he doing what many, many kids would do? I've been teaching my young students about Native American archaeology, and they don't know what's literally under their feet-- literally. Seems to me folks here are being a bit arch- about how they view a pretty typical American kid and what he found- and what he's doing with it. Nice article-- thanks for sharing. So close to where I used to live (wish it had been me!) HH Yakker

Yakker, yes, he did give it to the Smithsonian. That's Dennis Stanford of the Smithsonian in the photo.....

Boy gifts ancient Clovis point to Smithsonian - GrindTV.com

 

[GatorBoy]

Beautiful specimen I love that salt water black patina only a couple little dings in it from what I can see