| Artifacts |
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| Since pulling those first two points out of the ground when I was only 7 yrs old, I have not been able to find anything that compares to recovering artifacts. In almost every case of finding an artifact, your fingers are the next fingers to touch the artifact since the aboriginal who used it to hunt game and defend the people of his home village or habitation. This inspiration pushed me to pursue archaeology avocationally and educate myself as much as possible on disoveries that pertained to the ancient inhabitants of North America. You will notice that I consider myself an Avocational Archaeologist because I collect, analize and interpret the artifacts I find for enjoyment. Although I do not excavate, and do not have a formal education in archaeology, I carry-out many of the same duties and functions of archaeologists. I have 23 years of experience handling thousands of artifacts and enjoy it immensly. |
| I am a firm believer in private ownership of Indian artifacts, because I believe much can be learned when the avocational, such as myself, teams up and works with open minded professionals with the sole goal of sharing information in an open and honest fashion. If we all set our pride, fears, and prejudices aside, much can be learned from such relationships with the general public benefitting from education of new discoveries. To those professionals that do not agree with this line of thinking, I really encourage you to reconsider and just try to work with responsible avocationals like me. For those professionals hostile and angered by my thoughts of cooperation, I ask you to read my friend Jim Fisher's very well stated response to your hard position. Please enjoy viewing some of my artifacts and be sure to check out my insitu pictures of some of them by clicking on the pictures. |
| All of the artifacts on this page were found by me personally and have been documented by date of find, site location, and location within each site. I also attach a catalog number on each artifact to link it to my documentation. These artifacts have also been collected from the surface of agriculturally disturbed fields in South Central New York State with the permission of the private land owners. I do not advocate excavation, digging or "pot hunting" by amateurs, nor do I participate in such activities. I support excavation by professional archaeologists only or by avocationals and interested people only if supervised by professionals. None of the artifacts you view here are for sale, nor will they be offered for sale at any time. I hope that you will enjoy viewing the artifacts on these pages and that it will inspire you to learn more about the aboriginal people groups that lived where you currently do. |
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| Left: Genesee Point, made from Esopus and Brewerton Point made from Onondaga chert. These points were my first two points. They were recovered in 1979 when I was 7 yrs old. Both points were found in Cortland County. Right: left to right, Brewerton points, far right is a Lamoka point. All points found in Cortland and Chenango Counties. The light grey beveled point is made from Esopus and the others from Onondaga chert. |
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| Left: left to right, Genesee or possibly a Snook Kill made from Esopus Chert and point found in Chenango County, Brewerton, made from Onondaga Chert, and found in Cortland County, Susquehanna or possibly a Perkiomen point due to the shape (I lean more toward the Susq. due to the base configuration), made from Rhyolite that comes from PA, found in Chenango County. Right: Various forms of corded pottery from Chenango County. |
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| Last updated 2/2/07 |
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| Left: Levanna Points from the late Woodland Period. All made out of Onondaga Chert and found in Chenango County, NY Right: Steatite (Soapstone) pottery found in Chenango County, NY. Notice the holes drilled in the lower right hand piece, they were put there to facilitate repair of the original whole vessel. Also, each of the large bottom pieces have pits in them similiar to a pitted stone, but whatever was being pounded had sharp long edges. |
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| Insitu photos available |