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Ancient arrowhead identified in Pennsylvania

Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 12 January 2007  Page Views: 4130

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Vera Cruz Quarry Pits
Vera Cruz Quarry Pits submitted by aluta : A site even archaeologists agree on, although the dates they give vary. This is a chunk of yellow jasper, in one of the pits of the jasper quarries found along the Highlands ridge, also known as South Mountain, in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. This kind of stone was used by the native people for spear points, possibly mined here as early as 9 thousand years ago, up to the advent of the bow and arro... (Vote or comment on this photo)
A weapon used by early man 12,000 years ago is now a tool in a grassroots environmental campaign to build support for the Middle Spring watershed - an area that stretches from the mountains south of Shippensburg to the Conodoguinet Creek (Pennsylvania, USA).

Peggy Martin discovered the ancient relic among the silt and rocks in the Middle Spring stream bed a decade or more ago. She never imagined the stone spear point could cause such a stir. "I just thought it was an old arrowhead that wasn't worth anything," says the 70-year-old woman. She tucked it away in a dresser drawer where it remained until this spring when it came to the attention of Middle Spring Watershed Association President Steve Dolbin. The spear tip sparked a fire in Dolbin's imagination, and the stone weapon has a new life - experts from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission decided the relic originates from a time as far back as 12,000 years.

Article from The Sentinal.

Note: Another "Clovis" type point find in the eastern United States. The point is likely made from material of the Vera Cruz Jasper Quarry pits.
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Re: Ancient arrowhead identified in Pennsylvania by Aluta on Sunday, 14 January 2007
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Love this sentence: "She tucked it away in a dresser drawer where it remained until this spring when it came to the attention of Middle Spring Watershed Association President Steve Dolbin." What was he doing in her dresser drawers, I wonder? ;oD
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