Total mystery and cant find in my books, please help

[in2thepast]

Total mystery and can't find in my books, please help

Found 10 identical pieces together at one camp site, I broke one when trying to determine material, stone or clay. Then 5 miles away at another site I found one identical to the 10 pieces I found but a little larger in size. I'm clueless but intrigued, any help would be greatly appreciated

 

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[quito]

What material did you figure they were?

 

[in2thepast]

They click on my teeth like stone but you can brake them like clay. Each one has the triangle dots on them, and at first I thought they were pieces from a broken rock but they do not line up or match but look the same

 

[in2thepast]

each one has ridges on the bottom too

 

[in2thepast]

My daughter thinks they are a type of buttons. Attaching photos of the other artifacts I found along with these at the two different sites.

 

[1320]

Looks like natural bone to me.

 

[rock]

Just guessing but maybe turtle bones. Dont lick one

 

[Mowwhay]

I agree with Rock. If you look at a turtle's carapace (upper shell) from the inside, it is easy to see how the ribs have fused to help form that shell. Upon decay, these ribs separate. I've never seen the small triangles of dots like the ones on your samples, but the reverse side in your third photo appears to show the pinhole sized openings in bone where blood vessels and nerves enter. Maybe with some research you might find more information. Hope this helps. Sometimes I find strange looking things in nature and I don't find out what they are for years! One example : Catfish spines. I found one at an old village site and thought that it was an awl with a hole drilled in it. Turns out it was completely natural, hole and all. Of course, you could have found bones that were altered by humans(triangles) for ornamental or some other reason. I guess that's one of the things that makes our hobby fun- the mysteries!

 

[Peyton Manning]

Just guessing but maybe turtle bones. Dont lick one

why not lick one? poison?

 

[naturegirl]

armadillo scales...I got very excited the first time I found them..looked like somekind of beads

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

why not lick one? poison?

I got salmonella poisoning from a turtle when I was 5 and nearly died.

 

[1320]

armadillo scales...I got very excited the first time I found them..looked like somekind of beads

Good call! I was certain that they are natural bone but your tip really narrowed it down.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/235693681/25-armadillo-bone-plates-altered-art

 

[mainejman]

What part of Missouri are you from? I guess I didn't know armadillos range was that far North...mjm

 

[monsterrack]

naturegirl nailed it, nice finds. If you are digging you are in a camp site.

 

[monsterrack]

why not lick one? poison?

You do not want to lick anything that you find. I was on a hunt in Ar. once and would always pour water or spit on items I picked up. We had been finding a lot of stuff and had run out of water and I was dried up also, so I licked a rock to see the markings on it. That night and for 5 days I thought I was going to die, I had gotten sick overseas from bad water but this was real bad. It turned out I had gotten some parasites from the stone and it was the worse body functions you can think of.

 

[Mark Todd]

What part of Missouri are you from? I guess I didn't know armadillos range was that far North...mjm

Yes, I didn't either, but while staying at Montauk State Park in Missouri a dozen years ago or so, to canoe the Current River (couple hours S.W. Of St Louis) we thought we saw a dead one along the road at the entrance of the Park.
I turned around to to confirm and sure enough it was an armadillo.
Whether they're migrating northeast or been there a long time, don't know.

 

[rock]

why not lick one? poison?

Well I saw where she said she tapped it on her teeth is why lol

 

[RGINN]

Armadillo--possum on the half shell. They wouldn't be an indicator of a prehistoric camp site because I don't believe they were in that part of the country at the time. Interesting thing about armadillos, they give birth to quadruplets. Regardless of how aggravating they are, the babies are kinda cute.