Today’s Cool Coastal Finds

[MAMucker]

Two well-worn Small Stemmed Quartz Points

One Quartz Ovoid Knife

One Slate (?) Tally-Marked and Scored Artifact.

 

[Tdog]

Good finds. That piece with the tally marks is the shiz!

 

[uniface]

Now there's an artifact you won't find every day !!!

 

[Tdog]

I wonder if the incised lines on the faces are depicting Tipis (tee-pees).

 

[PaleIO]

Very interesting....someone spent a lot of time on that. Must have been a prized possession to someone.

 

[MAMucker]

Now there's an artifact you won't find every day !!!

You said it! Different from anything I’ve come across in all my years of hunting.

 

[MAMucker]

I wonder if the incised lines on the faces are depicting Tipis (tee-pees).

I wondered the same thing. But, I’ve learned from experience, that around the local NA descendants, you never use the word Tee-Pee.

 

[Tdog]

I’ve learned from experience, that around the local NA descendants, you never use the word Tee-Pee.

I have never heard that. Why?

Here is an excerpt that a google search turned up...

The word tipi originates from the Lakota language and the word “thípi,” which is often translated to mean “they dwell."


https://teepeejoy.com/blogs/tpj/teepee-history

 

[MAMucker]

Yes, they dislike the term. They prefer WigWam among the Wampanoag. This is a contact period term and style of dwelling. It was not meant to be a mobile shelter, which the Tipi was.

http://www.nkschools.org/UserFiles/...ces/3rd Grade Resource Library/housing NA.pdf

 

[old digger]

That is a cool find!
Some type of tool?

 

[MAMucker]

That is a cool find!
Some type of tool?

Thank you. It’s a broken piece. I can’t tell what it looked like when it was whole, and I’m not sure if there is something in the archeological record to reference. But, I guess I’ll have to do what I can to find out.

 

[antmike915]

That last piece is awesome, excellent find. I know you didn't expect to find something like that.

 

[Up-North]

I really like the marked piece.
Do you think it could be a part of a pendant?

 

[Fat]

What a day! That makes me smile hard.
The tally pendent piece? for some reason makes me think of “Leaf Erickson” for better name but viking or that sort of artifact. I cant even give a reason for that other than a guess but it is an extra special piece. Its another one of those “one offish-one of a kinds” that adds speculation and mystery, good spirit inspiration.

 

[newnan man]

The tally piece is awesome! I wonder what its purpose was? I'm pretty sure Eastern NA's did not use Tee Pees. I think they were Plains Indian origin.

 

[tomclark]

Killer Tallied!!

 

[dts52]

Beautiful finds! Congratulations.
dts

 

[MAMucker]

That last piece is awesome, excellent find. I know you didn't expect to find something like that.

No I didn’t. But, it’s a tight area that has been producing Early Archaic to Woodland Period Artifacts after storms on a regular basis. This is the same area where I found an AtlAtl Weight PreForm and a Narrow Merrimack Stemmed Dart, which I previously posted.
Thank you!

 

[MAMucker]

I really like the marked piece.
Do you think it could be a part of a pendant?

I wish I could say.

 

[Charl]

Wigwam and wetu are the two terms used to describe the dwellings used by southern New England Algonquin groups...



It’s a very cool find. I would guess it was a pendant, or some “decorative” piece. As far as the triangles, it’s a very common design element in native rock art, often displayed as zig-zag lines.

Someone can dig into this, but I remember Jim Bennett and one other individual, whose name escapes me, wrote an article once stating their conclusion that, for who knows what reason(s), items that broke were often then tallied after the fact. They claimed natives often tallied broken pieces. Just a thought. If I had the article, I’d post a link. Just remember Bennett delved into that observation.