We hadn't walked much farther before I spotted this.
This would have been a huge point if it were whole. Still a nice find.
About five minutes later, Kathy saw this one.
Another broken one. This one is missing the top.
This trail follows a ridge top. This would have been a place walked by prehistoric Indians for thousands of years for the same reason there is still a trail there now -it is the easiest place to walk in the vicinity. We find very few flakes and chips on the trail - just finished things. This would have been a place where things were tossed when they were through with them. Some would have been lost.
Following the trail down a mountain, I saw a few flakes on the side of the bank. As I was picking them up, I saw this.
A scraper that once had a point.
These rocks are just above where we found the flakes and scraper.
This would have been a good place to sit and wait on game. Below the rocks is a creek flowing through a ravine.
Acorns were covering the trails and the woods.
We heard a fairly constant "pat" as they hit the ground. When acorn crops are poor, a deer will follow every sound of an acorn dropping. With an abundant acorn crop like this one, he can just graze in one place. Hunters just look for the place with the most acorns.
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Cool artifacts! I just started a series of articles on acorns at my blog. Good advice on the deer eating them, also. I used to hang around the oak groves in Pennsylvania during deer season. Never came home empty.
I am a fellow outdoor lover myself and recently found your blog. I used to spend alot of time with my father looking for artifacts and now that I am back home I hope to do some this winter as well. Keep up the good work and I look forward to reading more of your blogs.
Thanks for the comments.
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