NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS

HISTORY TELLS US THAT COLUMBUS "DISCOVERED" AMERICA 500 YEARS AGO. YET AT THAT TIME THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT WAS ALREADY OCCUPIED BY MILLIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS. THEY BEAT COLUMBUS BY AT LEAST 10,000 YEARS! NORTH CAROLINA WAS SETTLED BY NATIVE AMERICANS MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. ARTIFACTS CAN BE FOUND IN EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE FROM THE COAST TO THE MOUNTAINS. THE ROANOKE VALLEY AREA IS NO EXCEPTION. BELOW ARE SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS THAT I HAVE FOUND IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY. (THE ROANOKE VALLEY CONSISTS OF HALIFAX AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES. THESE COUNTIES LIE NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF NORTH CAROLINA.)

I HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICANS SETTLING NORTH AMERICA. YOU CAN ORDER THIS BOOK ONLINE AT: - www.1stbooks.com or at www.amazon.com - AFTER GETTING ONLINE JUST SEARCH BY AUTHOR "Rufus Johnson" OR SEARCH BY TITLE "The Legend of the Landkeepers".


POTTERY FRAGMENTS AND PROJECTILE POINTS ARE THE MOST COMMON FINDS IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY





OVER 1000 POTTERY FRAGMENTS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN A SINGLE FIELD IN HALIFAX COUNTY






COMPLETE BOWLS SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE VERY RARE IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY AREA





UNUSUAL SHAPED AXES FROM THE ROANOKE VALLEY





THE ITEM ON THE LEFT IS A CELT OR MEDICINE BOWL,THE ITEM ON THE RIGHT IS THE BASE OF A FIRE STARTER





KNIVES, HIDE SCRAPERS AND OTHER TOOLS CAN BE FOUND IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY ALSO







PROJECTILE POINTS

GUILFORD POINTS ARE COMMON IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY AREA NOTE:A dime has been added to picture to give scale.





POINTS MADE FROM QUARTZ ARE PROBABLY THE MOST ABUNDANT POINTS IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY-THIS AREA DID NOT HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF MATERIAL FOR MAKING ARROWHEADS WITH





POINTS MADE FROM MATERIALS LIKE OBSIDIAN WERE OBTAINED BY TRADING WITH OTHER TRIBES.





POINTS MADE FROM CHERT CAN BE FOUND SOMETIMES-CHERT CAN BE FOUND IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY BUT IT IS FAIRLY RARE





THESE POINTS ARE SO BIG THEY WERE PROBABLY SPEAR POINTS INSTEAD OF ARROW POINTS







PETROGLYPHS FROM THE WILD WILD WEST



NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE LIVED IN NORTH AMERICA FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THEY HAVE LEFT BEHIND ARTIFACTS IN ALL 48 LOWER STATES. IN ADDITION TO THIS THERE ARE PETROGLYPHS THAT CAN BE FOUND IN MOST STATES. EVEN THE EASTERN STATES SUCH AS NORTH CAROLINA HAVE SOME PETROGLYPHS. THE PETROGLYPHS IN THESE PICTURES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 1000 AND 1800 YEARS OLD.

PETROGLYPHS ARE DRAWING THAT ARE CARVED INTO THE ROCK FACES OF CLIFFS AND ON THE WALLS OF SOME CAVES.

PICTOGRAPHS ARE DRAWINGS THAT ARE PAINTED ONTO THESE SAME SURFACES.



THIS DRAWING OF A TARGET WITH AN ARROW IN IT COMBINES BOTH PETROGLYPH AND PICTOGRAPH



POSSIBLY A BABY



THIS APPEARS TO BE A FAMILY PORTRAIT



PORTRAIT OF A WARRIOR GROUP



SOME ANIMALS AND TWO FIGURES



NATIVE AMERICANS HAD SOME COLORFUL JEWELRY



HAVE A HAPPY FACE



POSSIBLY SHEEP OR MOUNTAIN GOAT



MR. AND MRS. LNOBBY KNEES



A WARRIORS SHIELD??



MR DOT FACE



UNFISNISHED ARTWORK



A WARRIOR AND A SHIELD??



JUST WHEN WERE HOOLA HOOPS INVENTED??



A BUFFALOE HEAD



POSSIBLY A CHIEFTAIN OR MEDICINE MAN



A HUGE LIZARD (ABOUT 15 FEET LONG)



ANOTHER MEDICINE MAN??



MORE LIZARDS



ANOTHER SMILEY FACE



THIS WALL HAS MANY CARVINGS ON IT, RANGEING FROM A TICK TO STICK FIGURES. THE SWIRL AT THE UPPER LEFT IS A COMMON ITEM AND CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE WEST



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