Indian Artifacts

[2531usmc]

My family has a farm in northern Ohio and it’s about a half mile south of Lake Erie. The farm seems to have been a long established camp site and I have a fair amount of artifacts. Most seem to be axe heads, two spear points, a well polished stone obviously used for skinning, and a few other pieces.

I would to find out a little more about these artifacts: time they were made, how they were used, etc.

Can anybody point me in the right direction so I can begin researching the history

Thanks

 

[robertpaulsen]

My family has a farm in northern Ohio and it’s about a half mile south of Lake Erie. The farm seems to have been a long established camp site and I have a fair amount of artifacts. Most seem to be axe heads, two spear points, a well polished stone obviously used for skinning, and a few other pieces.

I would to find out a little more about these artifacts: time they were made, how they were used, etc.

Can anybody point me in the right direction so I can begin researching the history

Thanks
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Your best bet is a local college. You can also look for books about arrowheads etc. Some of them have it broke up by region. I know a fair amount but more focused on the west. Those spear points in the pic are likely knives not spear points IMHO.

 

[def90]

I don't know, one of those looks pointish, the rest look like river rocks to me.

 

[Dos XX]

Looks like they have an artifact identification workshop in Aug, or they had one last August.

Indian Museum of Lake County

Learn more about what the Indian Museum of Lake County, Ohio has to offer.

www.indianmuseumoflakecounty.org

 

[roadrunner]

The 3 most notable cultures in that area were the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian.

 

[Random Dude Guy]

Cat Nation (Erie tribe) of the (suspected) Iroquois people. Based simply of geography, this is where I'd start. But yes, I recommend a local college or University to stear me in the right direction if I were you.

 

[Dos Perros]

Try this dude:

Brian Redmond Lectures on the "Archeology of American Indians" (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[Slickhill]

DO NOT let a university come out and dig or mess around on your farm.

Local farm had a good sight on it and someone told the university. They asked permission from the land owner and were invited to poke around. Next thing you know they’d declared it an archeological sight of significance, dug up the area and screened all the artifacts out, took them to the university for “further study” and no artifacts were ever seen again. They’re supposedly still in the archives but the archives are off limits to the public. This is not an isolated incident.

If you want to take them to the local college tell them you inherited them or bought them at a garage sale but have no idea where they were found.

 

[Random Dude Guy]

DO NOT let a university come out and dig or mess around on your farm.

Local farm had a good sight on it and someone told the university. They asked permission from the land owner and were invited to poke around. Next thing you know they’d declared it an archeological sight of significance, dug up the area and screened all the artifacts out, took them to the university for “further study” and no artifacts were ever seen again. They’re supposedly still in the archives but the archives are off limits to the public. This is not an isolated incident.

If you want to take them to the local college tell them you inherited them or bought them at a garage sale but have no idea where they were found.

Never been in a situation to know this, but this feels like solid advice. I can definitely see this happening.

 

[rayporter]

i know a person who tells the same story of the university doing this in arkansas.

DO NOT let a university come out and dig or mess around on your farm.

Local farm had a good sight on it and someone told the university. They asked permission from the land owner and were invited to poke around. Next thing you know they’d declared it an archeological sight of significance, dug up the area and screened all the artifacts out, took them to the university for “further study” and no artifacts were ever seen again. They’re supposedly still in the archives but the archives are off limits to the public. This is not an isolated incident.

If you want to take them to the local college tell them you inherited them or bought them at a garage sale but have no idea where they were found.