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Boudicca 02-06-2016 09:22 AM

Any Villager Archaeologists out there?
 
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I found this interesting rock in my yard while gardening. It looks to me that it might be an axe head as there appear to be tool marks on one side and an indent where twine might have been wound to attach the head to a spear. I cannot drive a car so traveling to a museum is not an option. I'm hoping we have an expert among us willing to take a look at it.

LI SNOWBIRD 02-06-2016 09:29 AM

It does kinda look like a Clovis tool

Boudicca 02-06-2016 09:43 AM

I also found a fossil sea urchin a few feet away from this piece.

DonH57 02-06-2016 09:48 AM

I'm not that familiar with Florida's past but I believe the Seminole once were here.

asianthree 02-06-2016 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by shrandell (Post 1182416)
I found this interesting rock in my yard while gardening. It looks to me that it might be an axe head as there appear to be tool marks on one side and an indent where twine might have been wound to attach the head to a spear. I cannot drive a car so traveling to a museum is not an option. I'm hoping we have an expert among us willing to take a look at it.

You can contact local museum and send a pic to them. My son IDs bones all the time

Boudicca 02-06-2016 07:57 PM

Thanks Asianthree

dbussone 02-06-2016 10:14 PM

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Thanks Asianthree

That's pretty cool. Would you please let us know what you find?

VApeople 02-06-2016 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DonH57 (Post 1182445)
I'm not that familiar with Florida's past but I believe the Seminole once were here.

Yeah, to my knowledge, they used to live all through here. They were one of the five "civilized tribes" that were sent to the Oklahoma territory in the early 1800's. Of course, some refused to go and retreated into the hinterlands of Florida. I believe they never surrendered to the U.S. forces and their descendents are all around us. Here is a song about them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cR-h8FU7rI

Taltarzac725 02-07-2016 08:17 AM

Dade Battlefield Society

There was a big battle in Sumter County back in 1835. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dade_Massacre

Taltarzac725 02-07-2016 08:22 AM

Could you take some pictures from different angles with a ruler alongside?? https://www.google.com/search?q=ax+h...82Maa9qHOF0%3D

Boudicca 02-07-2016 11:37 AM

Thank you all for your interest. I've contacted a museum with photo and will let you know if I hear back I'll upload more photos today, per request

Boudicca 02-07-2016 11:58 AM

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Taltarzac725 02-07-2016 12:05 PM

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Thanks!!! Collections | National Museum of the American Indian I visited this museum in May 2015 but unfortunately they had their spear heads, arrow head, tomahawk heads and the like all put away somewhere. So, I did not get to see them.

Rapscallion St Croix 02-07-2016 12:08 PM

Looks like limestone which is way too soft to be used for tools. You could probably tap the side with a hammer and it would break in half.

Boudicca 02-07-2016 12:09 PM

Fossil
 
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