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    Rhode Island

  • #2
    Wow that is just amazing. What a find...and that ground point...I have never seen a point that has been ground...thanks for sharing that CMD...
    The chase is better than the catch...
    I'm Frank and I'm from the flatlands of N'Eastern Illinois...

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  • #3
    Currently booking trip to Yukon...lol!
    "The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee

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    • #4
      Hey Charlie, Thanks for the link. Very special to find an intact atlatl dart.
      Michigan Yooper
      If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything

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      • #5
        The atlatl is cool, but that ground point...WoWđŸ˜³đŸ˜³đŸ˜³
        Wandering wherever I can, mostly in Eastern Arkansas, always looking down.

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        • #6
          Pretty incredible but I wish they had some better pictures for us. I guess they'll come in time.

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          • #7
            Has to obviously be the ice that preserved the organics.
            I don’t think I would live through a find like that .
            heart attack imenit .

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            • #8
              More atlatls from the Yukon ice patches seen here:

              Scientists believe the copper end blade found attached to an antler arrow point is 936 years old, making it one of the earliest examples of local copper use in Yukon.
              Rhode Island

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              • 2ndoldman
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                I remember this article Charlie. What really struck me most about this one is the little know copper culture that existed up north.

            • #9
              I was just about to post these stories and found this thread.

              So awesome. The power of ice preservation.

              Imagine hunting those grounds after a major ice melt....

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              • #10
                The ground slate point. I think the stem is missing?

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                Rhode Island

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                • #11
                  Wonderful to see that!
                  South Dakota

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                  • #12
                    It’s incredible, I love when stuff like this pops up. Artifacts like that help take away the guess work about how things where made and assembled. My heart would have stopped had I found that!
                    call me Jay, i live in R.I.

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                    • #13
                      This older report, focused on the archaeology of the Yukon Ice Patches, is relevant to the most recent discovery, and very educational.

                      Rhode Island

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                      • #14
                        Now that was a great article Charlie . I like the one point with the carabou hair wedged in it .

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