kurt Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Oh, collected brilliant minds; who knows about arrowheads? In the clearing out of the 157 year old family homestead in preparation for the move of my mother into a retirement hotel, my siblings & I uncovered a box of very fine flint & obsidian arrowheads that have supposedly been handed down from generation to generation from forebears that tilled the soil. They would pick up the arrowheads as they walked behind their horse driven plows. How old are these things? I really don't care about value, as I cherish them too much to ever sell them. I was just wondering if anyone had some background info(?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 From what I understand, they're made of stone. Do a search on Cahokian indians. I'd bet that they're the ones thaty lost them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Beaumont Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Hi to all, Kurt thats really neat, I love history and artifacts try this link: http://www.theaaca.com/ Regards Gerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Morrison Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 I saw some on Ebay for $6 apiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Wow, Gerry; that is a great site. From what I can tell, mine match some of the ones that are listed as being from the Archaic Period, which is 9000-6000 BP. Unfortunately, I don't know what BP means, what w/me being kinda agnostic & all. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonTx Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Unfortunately, I don't know what BP means, what w/me being kinda agnostic & all. Thanks again. You hick, that means British Petroleum!! [:-cowboy] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 BP is a dirty word here in Florida. A couple of weeks ago hundreds of BP gas stations received deliveries of Sulphur tainted gasolene which caused gas guage failures in thousands of vehicles. They eventually pumped out the underground tanks and have vowed to pay for the repairs to the vehicles. Biggest problem was that many of the stations had to close over the memorial day weekend. NORM SAGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Morrison Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 In archaelology, BP is an abbreviation for "before present". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Beaumont Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Hi to all, Kurt, damn you, as if I don't have enough trivia knowledge knocking around in my head you had to get me thinking about native american technology, Like i said I find history totallt engrossing, and started looking at Indian arrow heads and tools, here is a link that you may find interesting about the Illinois Tribe of native americans (I didn't even know there was such a thing) http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/n ... ls/il.html Ok, back to thinking about the boring stuff like houses !! regards Gerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Gerry: Isn't "King Phillip's" 'war club' in a museum in Harvard, MA? Jimmy? What's the name of that place. They must be very arrowhead-oriented... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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