Comments on: indian artifact hunting help? http://florida-sportsman-hunting.com/indian-artifact-hunting-help/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Archengle http://florida-sportsman-hunting.com/indian-artifact-hunting-help/comment-page-1/#comment-42224 Archengle Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:43:25 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-hunting.com/indian-artifact-hunting-help/#comment-42224 Leave the artifacts alone. You're destroying the archaeological record. Archaeologists extract information, lifeways etc.., based on contexts of artifacts and when you disturb the context information is lost. Leave the artifacts alone. You’re destroying the archaeological record. Archaeologists extract information, lifeways etc.., based on contexts of artifacts and when you disturb the context information is lost.

]]> By: c_kayak_fun http://florida-sportsman-hunting.com/indian-artifact-hunting-help/comment-page-1/#comment-42223 c_kayak_fun Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:10:57 +0000 http://florida-sportsman-hunting.com/indian-artifact-hunting-help/#comment-42223 Indians and Paleoindians in your area used one method of bison hunting where they would drive herds over cliffs and then scavenge the animals that died falling below. If there is a steep cliff site like that, especially with a sheltering overhang nearby you might be apt to find bison remains there at the bottom or under the overhang, perhaps eroding out of a nearby streambank. One problem with large bones is that they tend to be dragged away, scattered and consumed by animals. You also might want to look into joining a local archaeological group (membership is usually available for amateurs as well as people in education and professionals) and learn more about what you are looking for, also to learn the laws and rules for respectful handling of what you find. Surface collecting on private land has few restrictions but if you were to dig below the surface or disturb human remains or sites with sacred significance to the native people you would be doing more harm than good. Realize that when you dig up or remove artifacts you destroy their context and much that could be learned about them if they were left in place. Indians and Paleoindians in your area used one method of bison hunting where they would drive herds over cliffs and then scavenge the animals that died falling below. If there is a steep cliff site like that, especially with a sheltering overhang nearby you might be apt to find bison remains there at the bottom or under the overhang, perhaps eroding out of a nearby streambank. One problem with large bones is that they tend to be dragged away, scattered and consumed by animals.

You also might want to look into joining a local archaeological group (membership is usually available for amateurs as well as people in education and professionals) and learn more about what you are looking for, also to learn the laws and rules for respectful handling of what you find. Surface collecting on private land has few restrictions but if you were to dig below the surface or disturb human remains or sites with sacred significance to the native people you would be doing more harm than good. Realize that when you dig up or remove artifacts you destroy their context and much that could be learned about them if they were left in place.

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