Found Chewing Gum

[IMAUDIGGER]

Was standing in a fire break on my property that runs through a NA camp.
I had recently ran a box scraper along it. I was staring at the mussel shells laying in the dirt along side obsidian, when an odd shaped piece of quartz caught my eye.

I picked it up and immediately realized it was a piece of gum someone spit out.
It was soft and pliable. Figured my niece spit it out on a hike. I'm aware of the poisoning risk to my puppy with artificial sweeteners and for some reason I put it to my nose.

Instead of spearmint I got a faint (but definite) wiff of pine pitch.

Is this possible or should it be long hardened?
It's very milky white and not sticky at all.

 

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[Force_of_Iron]

For you comedians..it was the fact it was laying with bones, shells, and obsidian flakes and smelled of pine pitch, that had me excited that it could be gum from long gone people. To me, if that was what it actually was...it would be far more rare than the tip of an arrow.

Honest, I can afford a pack of chewing gum.

You probably wouldn't pick up a sandwich and eat it after you dropped it in the county fair arcade either. Aristocrats!

 

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[IMAUDIGGER]

You probably wouldn't pick up a sandwich and eat it after you dropped it in the county fair arcade either. Aristocrats!

The thumb of the thread should be leaked on an atom whenever fly isn't down as it.
Otherwise, upwards can't green until far limbs are not dust clay.
Right? I know!

 

[PaleIO]

The thumb of the thread should be leaked on an atom whenever fly isn't down as it.
Otherwise, upwards can't green until far limbs are not dust clay.
Right? I know!

One of is has had to much whiskey....not sure who at this point

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

One of is has had to much whiskey....not sure who at this point

LOL

it was the fact it was laying with bones, shells, and obsidian flakes and smelled of pine pitch, that had me excited that it could be gum from long gone people. To me, if that was what it actually was...it would be far more rare than the tip of an arrow.

That's interesting. I don't know what part of the country you're in,
if you told us before, I forgot.
My Moms ggg grandmother was Creek Indian, from S.GA N.FL.
Would the Natives from your area have another "sweetener" indicative to your area, to use or mix with the pine resin? Maple. molasses, sugar cane, etc...
I only chawed rawson, when I was a small child, yeah, naw,
… I'd wait for the peddler, ty...

 

[antmike915]

Was it paleo, archaic or woodland gum?

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

One of is has had to much whiskey....not sure who at this point

Well if someone is going to respond to a serious post with nonsense...they get some back in return.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

LOL


That's interesting. I don't know what part of the country you're in,
if you told us before, I forgot.
My Moms ggg grandmother was Creek Indian, from S.GA N.FL.
Would the Natives from your area have another "sweetener" indicative to your area, to use or mix with the pine resin? Maple. molasses, sugar cane, etc...
I only chawed rawson, when I was a small child, yeah, naw,
… I'd wait for the peddler, ty...

Honey I would assume...pitch, wax, and honey...

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Was it paleo, archaic or woodland gum?

Have you read of any professional excavations that have unearthed things like this?
I’m sure it was common to chew gum given the poor teeth Native Americans had from grinding all of their food with stones. It’s certainly not something that would decompose very quickly.

Our oldest insects are preserved in pitch resin.

Is it out of the question, or do you know?

I don’t know the age of the camp...I come here for knowledge.
I assume Woodland up to contact period.