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Massachusetts Arrowheads, Artifacts,
and stone tools
Quincy Ma. artifacts
Some Arrowheads and blades from eastern Massachusetts Collections
Above is a small hand sized "paint cup" or hand mortar. Found at Clayton Farm in Whitman decades ago.
Below is a larger hand mortar with 1" deep worked area
IPSWITCH Ma, points and drill, plummet
Quincy Ma stone tools
Two axes on bottom are fron Houghs Neck and Germantowm, The grooved fishing weight (middle row left is from construction in the Rice road area years ago, the rest of the tools were found in Squantum in the 1930's
Halifax Mass. Blade
4 1/2"
Plummets and Gouges from Massachusetts
Previous two images contributed by http://hometown.aol.com/mjdorso/myhomepage/collection.html
Maine Bone
longest 3"
rare bone fishing arrowheads or harpoons found in a shellheap on Hog Island,Maine, ex Ernie Cowles...these are very fine and nice,select grade examples... some are somewhat flat in cross section,almost identical to the ones in the illustration below. These have been found on archaeological digs in shellheaps on the Maine coast in association with flounder and scalpin remains,bones...probably late woodland period...check out the illustration as to probable hafting method,and note how rear point acts as a barb!.}
1 7/8"
Two museum quality bone arrowheads from a shellheap on Hog Island,Maine...1 7/8"long. These are extremely fine,delicate,rare bone artifacts and the only way they survive are in the shellheaps...}
8 bone points from shell heap, Hogg Island, Bremen, Maine
Ex. Ernie Cowles Collection
These next 5 images were sent to me by Kevin Cordeiro, all from the Taunton River drainage in Massachusetts. The tools shown at the bottom are sinewstones and the two on the right are a bannerstone and a whetstone
sinew stones
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A comb back semi lunar knife from a
Plymouth Mass Collection
The label on this
artifact calls it a hoe some have suspected it could be a plate.
From a Plimouth Ma. Collection
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updated2/5/00
Anyone wishing to send pictures of artifacts found in Massachusetts is encouraged to do so!!
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