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mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:23 pm
by old timer1990
What would the mississippian indian tool been like. I live pretty close to the mississippi river and they were in my county along the river thanks

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:28 pm
by gino
Not sure but a guess would be out of stone. ::shrug::

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:08 pm
by gringo
sticks, rocks, nets, and slings.
plus:bones and antlers.

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:14 pm
by old timer1990
Would they have used obsidian for knives

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:21 pm
by gino
If there was a volcano near the Mississsppi river. Obsidian is volcanic rock. ::shrug::

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:08 pm
by gringo
there were trade routes all over the us prior to conquest gino...

anthropologists have found copper bells at mesa verde...that could only have come from a mine a hundreds of miles away...sea shells from the pacific ocean, for decorations...in the desert...

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:48 pm
by gino
Your right gringo, great point. I never thought of that. Very cool ;)

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:32 pm
by old timer1990
I don't know that much about the native american tools at all my aunt awhile back found a arrowhead in her fields and she live lease then a mile from me what stone was used from the arrowheads sorry for all the question I am just getting interested in the native american era I have. Thanks

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:42 pm
by gringo
careful what ya ask for...

http://www.nps.gov/history/seac/outline ... /index.htm

there are stories of pueblo clans...runner clans...who ran two hundred miles a day...communication networks...
there was that hopi runner...silver in the 1912 olympics...who would wake up, have breakfast, run 75 miles to watch the steam engine of the sante fe rail road go by winslow...and run home for lunch.

Re: mississippian tools

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:30 am
by Luckypaul777
gringo wrote:careful what ya ask for...

http://www.nps.gov/history/seac/outline ... /index.htm

there are stories of pueblo clans...runner clans...who ran two hundred miles a day...communication networks...
there was that hopi runner...silver in the 1912 olympics...who would wake up, have breakfast, run 75 miles to watch the steam engine of the sante fe rail road go by winslow...and run home for lunch.

:shock: ::dang:: I'm 62 and I get tired' :oops: just driving 200 miles a day. ::shrug::


Paul