Wednesday, June 22, 2011

An amateur fossil hunter in Florida recently discovered this carving of a mammoth on an bone, and it has now been authenticated and dated at about 13,000 years ago.   It is also the very first depiction of a mammoth found in North America.  How cool is that?  And what are the chances that something some dude carved that long ago would survive and then be found again?

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  1. Let me share a personal story. I live in Wisconsin and found a very large "arrowhead" a number of years ago. It is 11 inches tall and 7 inches wide, obviously sharpened granite, with notches. A little more than 3/4 of an inch thick. It would have attached to one hell of a pole and made a vicious spear/pike. Now, where I found it is interesting. On a river that flows through a state forest, and which I fish, I was up one spring and interested in a spot where ice flows hit the bank hard and turned over a lot of dirt and large stones. I got out of my boat to look closer and this "arrowhead" was underneath a very large overturned boulder, covered in dirt, of course. Now for my thoughts. I think this is a very old gigantic arrowhead for hunting mammoth. Or I'm nuts. You pick.

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  2. Great story, Jeff. Imagine the courage it took to approach and thrust that spear into a large animal like that. Just for kicks you ought to actually attach it to a large pole or spear handle and see how it feels. Woe to the guy that tries to break into your house after that!

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