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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Cogar, that was an Interesting Wood Trivia Post
« on: February 10, 2015, 08:35:17 am »
Cogar, that is a very good link to copper use. Most attribute the early use of it to the "Old Copper Culture or Complex" at 6000 years ago or in the 4000 B.C. range in Michigan and close proximity. However in other later cultures such as the Hopewell (500 B.C. to 500 A.D.) copper spread by trade through much of the central US. We have found artifacts here in Central Illinois on those type sites.
Mart, interesting that you brought up "flint or stone fish hooks". Among artifact collectors that is a can of worms so to speak. This has been debated heavily (and frequently!) on artifact forums and general consensus is that they are modern creations that found there way into older collections. These things were big in the 30's and 40's. Stone hooks have also never been documented as found in a controlled archaeological dig. Prehistoric Fish hooks do exist with the preferred materials being copper and bone. I am including links to a couple discussions from the past. By the way. I am rmartin on these forums.
http://www.arrowheads.com/index.php/forum/indian-artifacts-and-arrowheads/69985-you-will-love-this-eagle-effigy-and-a-fish-hook
http://www.arrowheadology.com/forums/arrowheads-indian-artifacts/42966-non-believers-flint-fish-hook.html
Mart, interesting that you brought up "flint or stone fish hooks". Among artifact collectors that is a can of worms so to speak. This has been debated heavily (and frequently!) on artifact forums and general consensus is that they are modern creations that found there way into older collections. These things were big in the 30's and 40's. Stone hooks have also never been documented as found in a controlled archaeological dig. Prehistoric Fish hooks do exist with the preferred materials being copper and bone. I am including links to a couple discussions from the past. By the way. I am rmartin on these forums.
http://www.arrowheads.com/index.php/forum/indian-artifacts-and-arrowheads/69985-you-will-love-this-eagle-effigy-and-a-fish-hook
http://www.arrowheadology.com/forums/arrowheads-indian-artifacts/42966-non-believers-flint-fish-hook.html
. Although I never felt its wrath, I was threatened with one of these a few time also.