Sandcreek Stone Knives

Mammoth hunt by Petr Modlitba

A work of art!!!

Birchbark canoes are made by peeling the bark from a large paper birch. Next stakes outlining the canoe form are driven into the ground. The birchbark is unrolled between them and the canoe is constructed. Wooden ribs and other pieces are added. Ojibwe birchbark canoe

Unbelievable preservation: 18000-year-old wolf/dog pup from the Siberian permafrost ice Scientists at the Centre for Paleogenetics in Stockholm are currently ...doing DNA-analysis to find out whether it is a wolf or a dog, or perhaps a common ancestor. (source: https://twitter.com/CpgSthlm) See more

Rabbit Tail A Shoshone Native 1896 Have A Great And Safe Friday Friends

Demise of the Adena culture not this time round Hopewell. While the Adena peoples lived in a rather limited area, their culture influenced a region that extende...d from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes and from the lower Missouri River to the Appalachian Mountains. In some areas the Adena culture continued to evolve toward greater social and political complication. Around the first century a.d., some of these Adena societies developed into what archaeologists refer to as the Hopewell culture. These scholars have identified Hopewell sites in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys and along the Gulf Coast and in Florida. Hopewell societies carried larger populations than those of the Adena type and were spread over a larger geographical area. The burial mounds of the Hopewell societies tended to be larger and higher and were often formed in the shape of an animal or a geometric figure. Works such as these required community cooperation, engineering skills, and close management. Clearly some individuals during this period were developing specialized leadership abilities beyond those required for hunting and other subsistence activities. Hopewell mounds also included a wider variety of status goods. Some of the Hopewell graves included pearls, mica, quartz, bear teeth, copper, and other sacred minerals. Burial sites contained intricately designed pottery, statuettes, and clay or stone pipes that symbolized animals and spiritual beings. Apparently Hopewell societies cremated most of their deceased and reserved burial for only the most important or influential people. In some archeological sites it appears that hunters received a higher status in the community because their graves were more elaborately constructed and contained more status goods. Again, these distinctions in the way Hopewell societies treated their deceased demonstrated a trend toward social hierarchy. More than likely these cultures accorded certain families a special place of privilege. Some scholars suggest that these societies were marked by the emergence of big-men. These leaders acquired their position because of their ability to persuade others to agree with their positions on important matters. They also perhaps were able to develop influence by the clever creation of reciprocal obligations with other important members of the community. Whatever the source of their status and power, the emergence of big-men was another step toward the development of the highly structured and stratified sociopolitical organization called the chiefdom.... See more