Some Aboriginal Sites on Green River, Kentucky
Author(s): Clarence B Moore
Year: 1916
Summary
J. Whittaker: (Reprinted 2006 Gustav’s Library, Davenport IA)
Reports on burials from "The Indian Knoll" and other sites. Most attention to antler hooks and bannerstones, interpreted tentatively as "netting needles and mesh spacers", experiment shows they work. Atlatl theory considered, but:
1) no definite evidence of atlatls in area
2) atlatl should be one-piece for strength,
3) no points associated [not true, he reports lots of points from burials, including antler point in bone]
4) some crooked or have too small a hole,
5) if hooks are atlatl hooks, what are the stone "spacers" that are found with them for?
Full scale photos and plates of hooks and bannerstones, [but no burial photos showing position of atlatl parts.]
Shell weight described [but not recognized as similar to bannerstones.]
Cite this Record
Some Aboriginal Sites on Green River, Kentucky. Clarence B Moore. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 16: 431-509. 1916 ( tDAR id: 423386)
Keywords
Temporal Keywords
Mesolithic
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Palaeolithic
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager
Record Identifiers
ExArc Id(s): 10197
Notes
Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.