Interesting. Thanks!Once was to a small museum. There I spotten a display box with gemstone points According to the curator, Native Americans made these points for ceremonial purposes. White quartz especially, to Cherokee a stone of enlightenment. That looks about the right size for a sacred gemstone arrowhead.
Post em! Probably want to start a new thread so as not to hi-jack this one. Sounds like the rather large quartz rock you found may be a core; i.e. a parent stone.If anyone might be interested to see these, I'd try to post some pic's.
Yes, please post some pics, thanks.Nice find of the white quartz point. I don't know too much about Native American artifacts, but I found one almost exactly like the one you found. We live in Georgia and our lot is atop of a hill just before our cul de sac on our street. The Alcovy river flows just behind our cul de sac. I found several points in our yard, white quartz same as yours. I was cleaning out a section of our yard where we were making a pine isle when I encountered many rocks. I believe there may have been a small village where our house sits. I found many thin slices of this quartz that were so thin it looked as if they went through a meat slicer. I figured this area is where quartz was being worked to make points, etc. I also found a rather large white quartz rock in the same area that has a good part of the center chipped out. You can make out the impression of the tool that was used to chip the quartz out of the center of this rock. I don't pretend to know a third of what a lot of you know concerning Native American artifacts, but this is what I believe I found. I saved this rock and these shardes and have them in our barn. If anyone might be interested to see these, I'd try to post some pic's.
I love hunting Hiwassee. You find a little more white quartz up that way being closer to the gold belt. It is a very historic area. Sam Houston used to live with the Indians on the island and took a wife there. Of course the island is off limits for collectors.
I do not know the type but it was not ceremonial that I do know. I have chased a point from that area called a mouse creek. It still eludes me though. The area is loaded with artifacts that I do know.
There are many types of available material on the Hiwassee and a big source for green stone. I think they made it because they could. White Quartz is a tough material to work.
Do you have any more from your area? I would love to see them. That area is where Archie " Lecroy" and Bob Overstreet collected and hunted.
I love hunting Hiwassee. You find a little more white quartz up that way being closer to the gold belt. It is a very historic area. Sam Houston used to live with the Indians on the island and took a wife there. Of course the island is off limits for collectors.
I do not know the type but it was not ceremonial that I do know. I have chased a point from that area called a mouse creek. It still eludes me though. The area is loaded with artifacts that I do know.
There are many types of available material on the Hiwassee and a big source for green stone. I think they made it because they could. White Quartz is a tough material to work.
Do you have any more from your area? I would love to see them. That area is where Archie " Lecroy" and Bob Overstreet collected and hunted.
I love hunting Hiwassee. You find a little more white quartz up that way being closer to the gold belt. It is a very historic area. Sam Houston used to live with the Indians on the island and took a wife there. Of course the island is off limits for collectors.
I do not know the type but it was not ceremonial that I do know. I have chased a point from that area called a mouse creek. It still eludes me though. The area is loaded with artifacts that I do know.
There are many types of available material on the Hiwassee and a big source for green stone. I think they made it because they could. White Quartz is a tough material to work.
Do you have any more from your area? I would love to see them. That area is where Archie " Lecroy" and Bob Overstreet collected and hunted.