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Stones Forum >> Ohio man finds 15,000 year old spear point.
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Ohio man finds 15,000 year old spear point. |
bat400
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|  Posted 30-12-2007 at 18:15
Originally submitted by coldrum ---
A spear point found in a central Ohio field by a farmer has been identified by archeologists as being used by hunters to kill mastodons about 15,000 years ago.
Forty-four-year-old Don Johnson of Heath found the Clovis point about four years ago while on a walk.
Brad Lepper, an archaeologist with the Ohio Historical Society, says the point is one of the only remaining types of evidence of the Clovis Paleo-Indians. The group, named for their weapons, used the points for about 500 years.
Experts say the point is made of Coshocton flint, a grade of stone used for weapons and tools.
http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/12364086.html
bat400 adds --
Heath adjoins the small city of Newark OH. Coshocton flint comes from sources in Coshocton County, north east of Heath. A closer, but similar, source of flint are the Flint Ridge quarries ( http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14233).
[ This message was edited by: bat400 on 2007-12-30 18:30 ]
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