Interesting New Mexico Finds

[mn9000]

Hello all, I reside in NW Arkansas but try to drive out to see my dad for a few weeks every winter in SW New Mexico. Neither of us are experts by any means but we always enjoy getting outside & digging around together. We found several nice pottery pieces over the weekend and 4 stone artifacts all within a 50 foot radius of one another. We were in the vicinity of the Membres river, and to the best of my understanding, the pottery may be attributed to the Membres people & is about 1,000 years old. From what I've read they were known for some of the finest crafted pottery in N America and almost always used black over white designs.

Any thoughts & insight to the stone points/tools is greatly appreciated---

 

[Tnmountains]

Very nice. Somewhere online is a chart of your area with the pottery and showing the area and who made what. They were masters at the polychrome pottery.
Thank you for sharing.

 

[quito]

WOW! You really hit the jackpot with that spot. The one larger piece looks like a it could have been a two hole gorget when it was complete.

 

[mn9000]

Very cool! Thank you for the info...

 

[Buckleberry]

Great finds...never seen "yellow-ware" before.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Great looking pieces mn9000. Your Points are most likely Cottonwoods. Nice Gorget too. Is it made from Steatite?

http://www.projectilepoints.net/Points/Cottonwood_Leaf.html

 

[maccounty]

Nice Finds! Do you do much artifact hunting in new arkansas?

 

[mn9000]

Grim Reaper thx for the info! Not sure if I'm able to identify Steatite, I'm still a bit of a rookie (though trying to learn as much as I can about the hobby & the history) I posted 2 more close up photos of it. It makes kind of a metallic pinging sound when tapped lightly with a spoon.

MacCo yes I do, I get up your way as much as I can near the AR MO state line. Send me a PM & lets get together sometime.

 

[Buckleberry]

Might want to delete the part about where you find your artifacts...people come to these forums looking for that type of info to steal sites.

 

[Twitch]

I hunted my tail off over the years in New Mexico and now how hard it is to find anything. Nice work. Great finds.