My dad always thought it was ceremonial because it was too brittle to use, but I think it could also have been a knife.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Middle Woodland Blade of Quartz - Woodbridge CT
My father dug this up while transplanting a dogwood tree on Rock Hill Rd, Woodbridge CT. It remains the best thing in my collection. I believe it is about 1K years old because the shape matches things called "Middle Woodland" in the literature and online.
My dad always thought it was ceremonial because it was too brittle to use, but I think it could also have been a knife.
My dad always thought it was ceremonial because it was too brittle to use, but I think it could also have been a knife.
Seeing that quartz blade reminds me of a quartz procurement site Tom Paul showed me near his home in Connecticut. There was a large quartz boulder (nearly clear quartz) along with pits and debitage. Maybe there are remnants of points there, too. Tom didn't seem too intersted in the site, but I thought it was special.
ReplyDeleteWell, I drove along Rock Hill Road looking for a contempory house with a dogwood tree - and saw several. I asked a woman who was walking along the road if she'd lived in the area long (she had) but couldn't remember the Waksman family. She said she'd ask her husband and I gave her the Rock Piles Blog addy. Do you remember the #Rock Hill Road adress??
ReplyDeleteWhat a great artifact, very impressive. I can't help but wonder how many more great things like this are still in people's yards, probably never to be unearthed.
ReplyDelete45 Rock Hill Rd. House built by my father.
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