Hohokam Stone Axe

[AZ_Gold]

I found this about 3 years ago. A friend, who knew I was interested in artifacts, called and told me they had just plowed a field on his uncle's ranch. In the past he had found arrowheads and pottery shards there, and new stuff popped up whenever they plowed it.

I rushed over there and walked the rows ... and about a third of the way into the field I found this:

At the time I was kind of excited about it, but since it was broken (and I had no idea what it really was) I wasn't all that excited. My friend had said it's "native american".

It wasn't until this morning that I realized this is ancient! I've been researching Hohokam artifacts (there are several verified Hohokam camp sites in this area) and I found some identical stone axes and suddenly realized what I had. Now it's my favorite find, even if it is broken.

 

[joshuaream]

Go get the rest of it... seriously, I'd try to find the missing piece.

 

[flintmel]

Keep looking, you may find the rest, it's happened to me! (even a blind squirrel finds a nut) post
Chances are pretty good the rest is still there somewhere

 

[AZ_Gold]

(even a blind squirrel finds a nut)

Flintmel & joshuaream- I looked and looked and looked... then looked some more. I couldn't do any major digging because they were about to plant the field.

But now I think I'll go back and look again. Thanks guys.

 

[flintmel]

Took me two planting seasons, good luck!