Post by rickb on May 27, 2022 11:18:57 GMT -5
Two Artifacts For Friday
This is a human molar that I found early 2017 on Edisto Beach SC along with a couple shark teeth early one morning, low
tide at Jeremy Cay. I had a fine sand scoop on a long stick that I was using to get the smaller mineralized/dark bits of
bones and shark teeth. I've had good luck before and have found very small mammal/rodent teeth, some by themselves and some
still set in partial jaw bones. Took it to the local paleontologist who said that it was from a primate and that here in SC we were
the only primates. Confirmed it was human when I showed it to my dentist during my next check-up and he immediately
identified it as an L7 molar from a young adult. Roots are missing but the enamel remained. I figured that the roots could
have mostly been tumbled off from wave action on the coast. Age, I don't know as it's hard to say how long a tooth
would have to be buried in a coastal environment before it mineralizes. Point types near this site have varied from Clovis
to Early Woodland.
This is a Native American point that I found in the early 1960's and it is made completely of a tough chalk. It is not heavy
at all and is very fragile. I've had it wrapped up and protected for all these years. Found quite a few stone tools and
points at this location that were early archaic and were heavily patinated/oxidized. They were made of chert from
about 60 miles away along the Savannah River. I've always had thoughts and questions about this point.
Was this thin point knapped out of chalk or has heavy patination/oxidation transformed a chert point?
If knapped out of chalk for a purpose, what could it have been used for?
Could a young child have made it?
This is a human molar that I found early 2017 on Edisto Beach SC along with a couple shark teeth early one morning, low
tide at Jeremy Cay. I had a fine sand scoop on a long stick that I was using to get the smaller mineralized/dark bits of
bones and shark teeth. I've had good luck before and have found very small mammal/rodent teeth, some by themselves and some
still set in partial jaw bones. Took it to the local paleontologist who said that it was from a primate and that here in SC we were
the only primates. Confirmed it was human when I showed it to my dentist during my next check-up and he immediately
identified it as an L7 molar from a young adult. Roots are missing but the enamel remained. I figured that the roots could
have mostly been tumbled off from wave action on the coast. Age, I don't know as it's hard to say how long a tooth
would have to be buried in a coastal environment before it mineralizes. Point types near this site have varied from Clovis
to Early Woodland.
This is a Native American point that I found in the early 1960's and it is made completely of a tough chalk. It is not heavy
at all and is very fragile. I've had it wrapped up and protected for all these years. Found quite a few stone tools and
points at this location that were early archaic and were heavily patinated/oxidized. They were made of chert from
about 60 miles away along the Savannah River. I've always had thoughts and questions about this point.
Was this thin point knapped out of chalk or has heavy patination/oxidation transformed a chert point?
If knapped out of chalk for a purpose, what could it have been used for?
Could a young child have made it?
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