More Bone Tools

[bean man]

Here's some of our latest bone finds from our creek. A couple of possible awls and knives. The round thing is fossilized, so I guess the archaic folks liked their round steaks.

 

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[ohioriver hunter]

Here's some of our latest bone finds from our creek. A couple of possible awls and knives. The round thing is fossilized, so I guess the archaic folks liked their round steaks.

I can,t say Iknow much about bone tools,but I found the skull,petrified of a three toed horse in acreekbed over 3 million years old.That is some interesting finds my friend.
Jeff

 

[bean man]

Thanks Jeff. I bet the perhistoric horse skull is cool.

 

[bean man]

Here's some of our latest bone. The one I'm holding, I thought might be a drill handle.

 

[Hill Billy]

Nice finds Bean.

 

[bean man]

Thanks Hillbilly!

 

[Billco]

Your opening post (Oct 25), bottom picture, what is it and how old could it POSSIBLY be? Would something like that have to buried in a certain kind of soil to survive intact for centuries? I found something just like it on a site I hunt.

I'm a little confused as to why some bone can stay intact for centuries, even thousands of years, yet others can't last even a few years before disintegrating? Anybody have an explanation?

 

[bean man]

Very good questions Bill. I've seen some pictures in books, of awls with handles like that, but I think it's a knife. I believe the bone got buried in soil, and ended up in the creek fairly recent. Bone does not last long in a stream. Often, animals die in the creek, yet we notice a general absence of bones. We find the occasional animal bone, but if it is not in tact, it is rotten and falling apart. Must of the small pieces of bone we find, appear to be at least partially fossilized. Keep in mind, I do not know for sure if these were artifacts. I think they could be. I think it does have to do with soil. Here in Iowa, you know we have that rich dark soil, maybe that has something to do with it. We don't find much flint, but I think we're doing good on the bone stuff.

 

[pickaway]

mmmm them bones! nice finds...