David Bertrand of Georgetown didn't know what he had found when he discovered a rock-like object in the dirt near his home. Archaeologists are puzzled over the object, but say it could have been used by early Native Americans.
Posted on 08/28/2010 5:12:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The search for the true nature of the object has taken Bertrand, a history buff, to archaeologists in Charleston and Mount Pleasant.
Many other archaeologists also weighed in Tuesday on the question of what the object could be.
"I've been in archaeology in South Carolina for nearly 30 years and have never seen one before, if that means anything," said researcher Carl Steen.
The object has a hole in the top and bottom and appears to fit on a necklace, stick or a fishing net.
It is about the size of an egg and has a hollowed out back.
It appears to be made of unglazed clay, Bertrand said.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Ron Anthony, an archaeologist at the Charleston County Museum. "I don't know what to tell you. Usually when we get something really odd like this, I suspect it's something genuine. In all the publications, I haven't seen anything like this."
He said it closely resembles artifacts that come from the Deptford period, but he isn't sure.
According to Internet sources, the Deptford culture was from 2500 BCE to 100 BCE.
"It was characterized by the appearance of elaborate ceremonial complexes, increasing social and political complexity, mound burial, permanent settlements, population growth, and an increasing reliance on cultigens."
Steen said the piece appears to be Native American in origin.
"It's a pretty curious object," he said. "I would say it's an important find because of how interesting it is. It will stimulate conversation, if nothing else."
Bertrand said he has been told by some experts that the object could be about 3,000 years old.
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David Bertrand of Georgetown didn't know what he had found when he discovered a rock-like object in the dirt near his home. Archaeologists are puzzled over the object, but say it could have been used by early Native Americans.
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Maybe, I don’t want to strain my brain here, it was something made as an ornament, to be worn like a necklace and was only made by the person who made this one. In other words something someone made only one of and wasn’t a useful object(except as jewelry so no other tribes thought to make one like it. Some scientists have brains like mush. If you’ve never seen another one in 30 years of digging perhaps that is because there are no others.
He can keep it, I made another one when I got home.
It looks just like him.
It’s all that’s left of Humpty.
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Boy Scout
Camp
Exhibit Object.
Lost part of the Dropa (Dzopa) Stone Set? Maybe you had to collect the wrappers from 15 other Dropa Stones and send in for this collector piece?
There goes that grant...
We are planning a series of experiments and studies as soon as it gets out of committee...
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Cheap ancient costume jewelry.
It looks like a school kid project left over from camp
The way it is convexly curved, and given that the holes are top & bottom, it should be obvious that it was not meant to dangle on a necklace, nor be worn as an earring.
Instead, I would guess at it being akin to a shoulder brooch, used to clasp a cape or similar item in place.
Second, related, guess would be that the holes were akin to holes in buttons, used to stitch it onto a garment as a frog or even as a true button.
Last guess: kid's attempt at a camp napkin ring project.
This one is horizontal, but they also can be found in a vertical form.
Explains the size, and why the back of it is hollowed out; and why The object has a hole in the top and bottom and appears to fit on a necklace, stick or a fishing net.
It is a pipe!
LOL
I think you are on to something, there.
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