Indian Artifacts

Dec 20, 2009
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Prehistoric Indian Artifacts
by: Bill

I'm not sure whether you found my blog or my web page on prehistoric Indian artifacts. Here is my site page:

Prehistoric Indian artifacts

I have looked a little for Indian artifacts in Colorado. I found some chips and flakes. I have little doubt that if I had more time I could have eventually found arrowheads and other finished artifacts in the same spots.

I have found hundreds of artifacts in Alabama and have only found a few things that weren't in the midst or very close to lithic debris. Lithic debris is what you should be looking for, for the simple reason that there is much more of it and therefore a lot easier to find. When you find this waste product, look very hard for finished things in the same area. The more debris, usually the more artifacts nearby.

Once you learn how to spot the debris, then it is just a matter of training your eyes. Once you find a few artifacts "without just stumbling upon them" it gets easier and easier to find them. I know it can be frustrating when you are learning, especially when you have the internet to see what others are finding. Don't give up.

Regarding where to look for the debris - ground above the floodplain, close to "old" water. If a creek or river has been flowing in approximately the same area for thousands of years, there are always artifacts near it. That's where they lived.

Try to find an area that has recently been cleared for logging, construction or a new road. I don't hunt plowed fields, but some people don't hunt anywhere else.

You don't have to travel far to find artifacts. In fact, the closer you stay to home, the easier it will become to find them because you will grow more familiar with the lithics of one area, and the more hunts you can squeeze in to your schedule.

Indian Artifacts

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