need help with bone info

[rivernomad44]

i founds all these in one of my favorite hot spots over the past year and would love some feed back on id or uses or anything , thanks

 

[GatorBoy]

its probably none of my business...but that usually dosnt stop me...I know harryPristis is intelligent but he is not the Einstein HE appears to be.HE cut and pasted that response changing only a few key words. The guy is like a living breathing search engine. Often a big help none the less

 

[larson1951]

gator the piece in your post #9 is a nice tool
in your post #6 maybe one or two of the pieces on the left side could have been gouges but the rest appear to be broke bones
as far as 'just breaking the ends off and pushing the marrow out' is not realistic
you can't just break the ends off of them, it don't work,to remove the ends a saw or flint blade would be needed and the time would have taken too long to just get the marrow...........
......at least for the mandans as hunting buffalo, fishing for catfish,walleye and others , along with gardening allowed them to stockpile a few years worth of food in addition having even more extra to trade for other commodities with other tribes and villages
it would be like just take a piece of a narrow oak board and just snap the ends off?
the grain in a bone has many of the same characteristics
nomad44 has posted deer hoofs as harry said and the rest are just broke bones
i have found bigger broke bones that were utilized as gouges evident by the amount of usage wear so i agree that every piece should be looked at if it has that shape of a gouge
twitko and me have experience with bone and broke bone....he posted some pottery tools along with some other things in his post on page 1
as far as the deer and elk hoofs or unguals we have them lying all over the place in the site we hunt
i value and appreciate harry's comments
now no need to take any of this wrong, i count on seeing what you come up with daily and read all of your posts
it helps me learn about other parts of the artifact world, i can tell you are into it heavy my friend
steve
Larson1951

 

[GatorBoy]

Likewise Larson. But..in this case we are not referring to Buffalo bones and the mostly deer bones we are looking at break quite well when a wedge shaped chopper is struck with a heavier hammer stone.

 

[Harry Pristis]

its probably none of my business...but that usually dosnt stop me...I know harryPristis is intelligent but he is not the Einstein HE appears to be.HE cut and pasted that response changing only a few key words. The guy is like a living breathing search engine. Often a big help none the less

I copied it from where I posted it on The Fossil Forum. I wrote it. I take responsibility for it. I didn't make it up to entertain the subscribers here. It's not I who makes up stories to pretend to know something.

 

[GatorBoy]

Piece of.....work. listen to yourself how old are you.Harry..the only thing I made up in this thread was a good reason not to tell you what I belive you need to hear.who do you think you are? Your are certainly not holier than thou or anyone else for that matter.

 

[Tnmountains]

My question is this. When they extracted the marrow did they cook the bone and extract the marrow that way or smash it when it was fresh. I know that boiling a bone makes it very hard. And smashing a green bone can splinter it. Maybe they splintered some and boiled them to fashion awls? They crushed all bones around here it seems for the marrow.

Here are a few bones that the Beavers tunneled into shell midens and ate and one bone that was hand carved upon. Seems the beavers liked fresh bone as well as saplings.

 

[GatorBoy]

Also to render the grease. That is still











taught in survival training. Alot of the ends show up as blade handles. I put that one together as an example.

 

[NC field hunter]

Also to render the grease. That is still

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taught in survival training. Alot of the ends show up as blade handles. I put that one together as an example.

Is pic #2 bone ? I have a chunk like that I thought was petrified wood.

 

[GatorBoy]

That piece is a chopper made from chert. That one shows alot of use.striking those with a stone like I mentioned earlier breaks bone quite well. I'm referring to the one I posted.

 

[NC field hunter]

Is pic #2 bone ? I have a chunk like that I thought was petrified wood.

Here it is. I see similarities, but think mine is stone. Maybe a blank. Y'all tell me what y'all think

 

[NC field hunter]

Here it is. I see similarities, but think mine is stone. Maybe a blank. Y'all tell me what y'all think

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Second pic accident. Sorry.