Friday, October 9, 2009

Some Prehistoric Indian Artifacts and Animal Tracks

Rain - lots of it as turned up some prehistoric Indian artifacts and kept the wildlife moving. We see this all over the place:



Deer tracks.

And this is also a deer track. The toes splay out in the soft wet soil. The smaller dots to the rear are the dew claws.



Can anybody identify this track?

Here's a nice blade I found just in a ditch just above a creek.



After rains, this spot is usually good for a few artifacts.



This one is rough, and one a lot of people would walk past even if all of it was above ground.



This one was only a few steps away.





This knife washed out of a bank on the edge of a dirt road. Sometimes I read on the net about someone being surprised that an artifact can be found in "the middle of a road." A steady rain can turn a dirt road into a creek, and rain can easily wash up artifacts. A dirt road is good place to look for artifacts.



2 comments:

Lynn said...

The track is also a deer track. The toes splay out in the soft wet soil. The smaller dots to the rear are the dew claws.

billco said...

Thanks Lynn.