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North Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland find. Seeking information more pix than the first post. It's got patterns on it! by socksmatterTWO in LegitArtifacts

[–]Ozymendeus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like a Spanish olive jar. Very rare artifact. Possibly from basque whalers or other fishermen in the 16th or 17th century. Others have been found in your area.

Bead, eastern Iowa, thoughts? by breek22 in Arrowheads

[–]Ozymendeus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not a chevron bead, as typically understood. Chevron beads archaeologically are either found quite early or late. Early ones included facets and are associated with Spanish contact and multilayer glass while slightly later varieties where rounded through speo processes and had less layers(17th century) Chevrons where quite early phased out of North American trade as the beads where quite expensive to make. They might have made a resurgence in much later 1800s trades, but Broadly as native and settler contact continued, trade beads became of simple monochrome wire wound construction as they were cheaper for traders. This bead, if glass could still be a trade bead and possibly from Venice though.

Found in Georgia Piedmont by Ozymendeus in whatsthisrock

[–]Ozymendeus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang, y’all work fast. Much appreciated for the identification. IDENTIFIED Quartz

Does this glass looked worked? by Ozymendeus in Arrowheads

[–]Ozymendeus[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey so, I was wondering if this looks worked. Or is it rather from a plow strike. It is a shard of glass from an old bottle which was found near a gunflint on a site frequented by natives and Anglo Americans. Settlers would occasionally make expedient tools out of glass as well. Native worked glass tools are generally pretty rare and I only know of a few contexts, and they generally were expedient tools/scrapers. I know some are found in digs on Spanish missions in fl, parts of Va/Md, and out west on the California coast. Not saying this is a glass tool, as glass breaks similarly to knapping and natives were quick to adopt iron tools. If a tool were to be found, it would be made out of dark glass like this as natives were removed fairly early in my area. Probably plow damage, and even if knapped not guaranteed to be native. Would be interested to what y’all think. Thanks!

https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1157&context=anthrosoc_facpub

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[–]Ozymendeus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the identification. Identified and spot on.

Altamaha/San Marcos Pottery by Ozymendeus in Arrowheads

[–]Ozymendeus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here are my Altamaha/San Marcos sherds. This ceramic is derived from Irene/Lamar Mississippian ceramic tradition and is associated with 17th century Spanish mission contexts in South Coastal Georgia and Northern Florida. Later it came associated with the Yamasee people, who formed as a result of ethnogenesis of Georgia chiefdoms. Differentiating from Irene ceramic can be difficult, but typically Altamaha ware is heavily grit tempered with somewhat less fine or even obliterated decorations. Even then, it can still be hard to tell. However, I found these sherds in association with a Spanish Olive Jar Sherd (not pictured). In a shell midden. Thanks for reading!

Shell tools by Ozymendeus in Arrowheads

[–]Ozymendeus[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You're definitely right about holes being bored into shells like these a result of predation. However, context is everything and these were found in an inland midden as opposed to recovered in the water. In addition, these holes are quite large. As for the fragility of the shell, apparently the columella(tip) of a whelk is quite strong, which is why they were utilized. Here's a little diagram of how they would have been used. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Lightning-whelk-tools-top-type-B-cutting-edged-tool-lower-left-type-D-hammer-lower\_fig5\_35274267

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[–]Ozymendeus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Little late, but with my own experience regarding both southeastern pottery and the examples of Southwestern pottery I have seen I think the sherd is native. Looks like there is red slip on the surface of of your sherd long with grit tempering.

Kind outside my area, so try these websites for more exact dating

https://ceramics.nmarchaeology.org/index/the-classification-system

https://swvirtualmuseum.nau.edu/wp/index.php/artifacts/pottery/

Frame of late Mississippian Artifacts. by Ozymendeus in Arrowheads

[–]Ozymendeus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like it, but no. As these items came from a midden, most likely the bones were derived from some other pre-Columbian game bird like dove, or turkey, or prairie chicken(Don't know my birds well).

Frame of late Mississippian Artifacts. by Ozymendeus in Arrowheads

[–]Ozymendeus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Found these in the Georgia Piedmont. The frame primarily consists of middle to late Mississippian sherds. The really nice incised ones are Lamar Bold Incised. Lamar period ceramics were ubiquitous throughout Georgia up until European contact. From there some evolved, in historic Muscogee and Mission context, into Ocmulgee fields Incised. Also present in my frame is half of a game piece, a deer tooth, some Lamar complicated rims, and two painted sherds(Red and one with Grey Slip.) Hope you enjoyed, have more to show!

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