Native American Stone Tools and Weapons: A Comprehensive Guide
WEBNative American stone tools and weapons were some of the most important tools in their toolkit. From sharpening knives and spears to building shelter and fashioning jewelry, these tools were used for a variety of tasks.
Ancient Indian Artifacts Stone Tools: Hand Axe, Cleavers!
WEBSep 23, 2023 · Explore a vast collection of ancient Indian artifacts stone tools, showcasing the fascinating craftsmanship and cultural heritage of India.
Artifact Identification - Peach State Archaeological Society
WEBArtifact Identification. To help identify your artifacts or to learn more about them, click on the illustration next to the topic title to see all of the various types of each major topic. Ground Stone Tools. This section contains artifacts developed by Native Americans through a peck and grind technology or that were used in that process.
Native American Artifacts: Identification and Appraisal Tips
WEBSep 18, 2020 · Native American artifacts offer a glimpse at the long and fascinating history of the people indigenous to the continent. From stone tools to pottery, these artifacts are significant for historians, archeologists, and collectors, as well as for the descendants of the people who made them.
How to Identify the Stone Tools of Native Americans
WEBSep 29, 2017 · Examine artifacts found at known Native American habitation and hunting sites. Compare them with the tools you wish to identify. Familiarize yourself with local collections to observe the different types of indigenous stone tools and how they differ from local natural rocks.
Clovis Stone Tools | Museum of Anthropology - Museum of …
WEBPaleoindian Archaeology: Clovis Stone Tools. The stone-tool complex known today as Clovis dates to the terminal Pleistocene, from roughly 10,000 B.C. to 7800 years B.C., and represents the earliest Paleoindian culture in North and South America.
Collections | National Museum of the American Indian
WEBThe National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has one of the most extensive collections of Native American arts and artifacts in the world—approximately 266,000 catalog records (825,000 items) representing over 12,000 years of history and more than 1,200 indigenous cultures throughout the Americas.
Stone tools of the Western Native American Cultures
WEBThis artifact is a bifacial unhafted jasper knife. The size and shape suggest it to be a multiple use tool. Specifically, as a membrane fleshing tool for hides, a general-purpose cutting tool,...
Object Collections - National Museum of the American Indian
WEBThe collections also include small but strong collections of Wasco/Wishram bowls and spoons of wood and horn, sally bags, and other items and strong Klikitat basketry and Yakama beadwork holdings as well as upper Thompson …
Types of Native American Artifacts - U.S. National Park Service
WEBSep 28, 2021 · These artifacts help archeologists to determine when a site was occupied, how the site was used, as well as information about trade or areas of geographic movement. Chipped stone tools have been made throughout Indigenous history.