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2000 Iron Artifacts – McLarty Treasure Museum, 13180 North A1A, Vero Beach, Indian River, FL. April 30, 2008. Decimal degrees: 27.834101, -80.434648
"Iron Nails"
"Iron Spike Remains"
"These Odd-shaped pieces of Iron represent one of the most important discoveries made in the Old village of Surruque, north of Cape Canaveral. While gold and silver are usually the stuff of romantic tales extolling the ventures and virtues of some pioneering endeavor, in the case of the Castaway Frenchmen who chose to remain with the Indians at Canaveral, the fascinating circumstantial proof of their very existence lies with evidence of European blacksmith work found within these simple pieces of mangled iron.
Close examination of these bits of iron, most of which are remains of ship's spikes and nails, reveals that the iron has been altered with the aid of a high temperature forge. This technique was totally unknown the Florida Indians of the time and had to be done by someone well practiced in European iron working skills. Such skills were certainly familiar to the working-class Frenchmen who chose life among the Surruque People.
A forge is easily fabricated by anyone with basic blacksmithing knowledge. A campfire that has been reduced to a hot bed of glowing charcoal can be intensified even further with the aid of a small air pump. Bellows more than sufficient for the task are readily made with a small animal skin that has been attached to a clay or iron tube. This portable pump could then be carried with the blacksmith for use with any convenient fire pit.
During the archeological investigation of the Armstrong Site several charcoal beds from old campfires were uncovered in close association with European artifacts. While no bellows parts were recovered, altered spikes like those shown here were found scattered around the pits. These pieces were undoubtedly lost, and not simply discarded, since iron was a valuable metal to both Indian and European alike ... considering the isolated and primitive conditions that existed among the 16th century residents of old Cape Canaveral!"
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"Iron Pins"
"Iron Spike Heads -left over from tool making-"
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"Rigging Ring"
"A sailing ship was literally covered with rope rigging that did everything from hold up the masts, to move each sail as required. One of the most common ways of anchoring a line was by way of an iron ring set into wood. This example is designed to attach through a wooden plank. The pin had a large iron washer set over its inside end, which was in turn peened over like a rivet."
"Bar Shot Ends"
Bar shot is a type of cannon ball that looks like a small dumbbell. It is designed to spin and whirl about, and in the process do much damage to a ship's sails and rigging. The wrought iron bars that were originally between these two shot were apparently cut away on a forge to provide stock for locally made tools. These remaining pieces could be hafted with sturdy wooden handles and turned into hammers. Look closely at some of the cut ends and you can see evidence of chisel cuts."
As my field trip was for my Etruscans class, we saw some Etruscan artifacts. I don't know much about them.
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
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Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
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These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
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Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
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--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
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NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
As so much of the land is not usable for living or farming combined with the dry hot weather there is a lot of archaeological finds to be had in Mauritania. Here's a 'museum' of the findings. It was locked.
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
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--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
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NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
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--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
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NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
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NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Designer: David Mitchell
Diagram: Complete Origami book by David Mitchell
Units: 6 silver rectangles
Paper: Old Navy Gift Wrap
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
.
NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
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NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Produced in inland Lucania
Attributed to the Primato Painter
Late Classical-Early Hellenistic period, ca. 330-300 BCE (museum); ca. 350-330 BCE (Todisco)
On the neck are two male Dionysiac figures holding torch and thyrsus. On the belly, a nude youth before a winged Nike holding a palm frond of victory; below, a half-draped male figure (the same as above?) leaning on a staff before a male figure (Orpheus?) wearing Italic dress and holding a lyre and plectrum.
In the collection of the Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, United States
Gift of Edward Perry Warren, Esq., Honorary Degree 1926
Inv. 1893.1
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruscan Gifts. Artifacts from Early Italy at Bowdoin" (February 1, 2024 - February 9, 2025)
www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2024/etruscan-gift...
My first real rock album. I mean, I bought a couple of K-Tel albums before this. Worn the eff out. The booklet was lost at some junior high party. Someday I should find another one of these.
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
.
NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
.
NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
.
NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
.
NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
.
NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
.
NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023
Some of the most facinating artifacts found here in the Grand Canyon are split-twig figurines..
.
Each one is made from a single twig, often willow, split down the middle, and then carefully folded into animal shapes..
.
These figurines date from 2,000 to 4,000 years ago and were found in remote caves. .
.
Often they are in the shape of deer or bighorn sheep, sometimes with horns or antlers. Occasionally, they are pierced with another stick, resembling a spear, or are stuffed with artiodactyl dung. Split-twig figurines have been found in dry caves in the Great Basin and on the Colorado Plateau, and were first recognized in the Grand Canyon in 1933. .
.
--While their exact function remains a mystery, recent research suggests that split-twig ----figurines were totems associated with the Late Archaic hunting and gathering culture. Their occurrence in remote, relatively inaccessible uninhabited caves indicates that these figurines were not toys. They are usually found under rock cairns, indicating careful placement..
.
NPS Photo, Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023