Ancient Native American Indian Artifacts, Relics and Arrowheads

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This page contains Axes, celts and other hard stone ancient native American

Indian relics. (See the flint tools page for "flaked" tools, such as drills, scrapers,

knife blades, etc.)

Item:	Type: Pestle	Provenance:	Price
TGRTO13	A nice, somewhat asymmetrical gray stone Pestle having	Offered by the original	175.00
	ancient usage wear on both ends. This ancient piece dates back	finder who recovered this
	more than 3,500 years and is attributed to the Chumash tribe.	one from an ancient site in
		San Luis Obispo Co., CA
		(more information to buyer)

Item:	Type: Pestle	Provenance:	Price
TGRTO14	A very nice and quite hefty gray stone Pestle in excellent	Offered by the original	225.00
	condition. This one dates back more than 3,500 years and	finder who recovered this
	is attributed to the Chumash tribe.	one from an ancient site in
		San Luis Obispo Co., CA
		(more information to buyer)

Item:	Type: Mano	Provenance:	Price
TGRTO15	A very nice and quite thick (for type) oval-shaped grinding	Offered by the original	325.00
	Mano stone dating back more than 3,500 years and is	finder who recovered this
	attributed to the Chumash tribe. It has slight surface cracking	one from an ancient site in
	from age and weathering, but is still in excellent condition.	San Luis Obispo Co., CA
		(more information to buyer)

Item:	Type: Grinding Pestle	Provenance:	Price
TGRTO16	A most interesting gray hard stone grinding Pestle dating back more	Offered by the original	185.00
	than 3,500 years and is attributed to the Chumash tribe. It has 2	finder who recovered this
	grooves on opposing sides, to what purpose, I haven't a clue, but	one from an ancient site in
	they were certainly worked there intentionally. Quite a unique piece.	San Luis Obispo Co., CA
		(more information to buyer)

Item:	Type: Roller Pin Pestle	Provenance:	Price
TGRTO18	A VERY long (for type) and quite plow-scarred Roller Pin	Offered by the original	250.00
	Pestle. From the multiple plow scar marks, it's incredible that	finder who recovered this
	this one wasn't completely broken by the farming machinery.	one from an ancient site in
	It dates back more than 3,500 years and is attributed to the	San Luis Obispo Co., CA
	Chumash tribe. Quite an artifact with "character".	(more information to buyer)

Item:	Type: Pecking Stone	Provenance:	Price
TGRTO2	A quartz Pecking stone, used during the direct percussion flaking	Offered by the original finder	20.00
	phase of knapped chert tools, such as knife blades. It shows signs of	who recovered this one from
	the ancient pecking areas on either end, and was quite well used.	an ancient site in San Luis
	(Many artifact hunters don't recognize this tool in the field, even	Obispo County, California
	though it's one heck of a great indicator of an ancient site.)

Item:	Type: Pecking Stone	Provenance:	Price
TGRTO3	A creek pebble Pecking stone, used during the direct percussion flaking	Offered by the original finder	20.00
	phase of knapped chert tools, such as knife blades. It shows signs of the	who recovered this one from
	ancient pecking areas along 2 opposing edges at one end, and was quite	an ancient site in San Luis
	well used. (Many artifact hunters don't recognize this tool in the field,	Obispo County, California
	even though it's one heck of a great indicator of an ancient site.)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO18	A "flat bread" baking stone having a reddish	From an older collection	135.00
	hue from repeated exposure during the baking	gathered near Susanville in
	process. Quite a scarce "camp rock" item.	Lassen Co., CA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCTO11	A very nice if not somewhat crude off-white	Pershing Co., NV	150.00
	Marble Bluff Marble Pump Drill Fly Wheel
	Weight having nice desert polish

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO116	A greenish-gray granite double-ended Pestle which	Recovered near the town	75.00
	doubled as a Mano grinding stone as evidenced by	of Clovis, California,
	a flat section on the right side near the top end in	northeast of Fresno
	photo 1. Both ends show pitted usage wear marks

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO9	A mini-mortar food processing stone which has	From an older collection	130.00
	great symmetry. The grinding hole is somewhat	gathered near Susanville in
	shallow in comparison to other mortars which	Lassen Co., CA
	were used over a longer period of time.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO11	A These were used on the end of	Recovered on private farmland near	250.00
	digging sticks to add more power to	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	the downward thrust when dislodging	1950's through 1960's
	edible roots and are quite rare items	(More information to buyer)
		Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO13	A quite scarce and nice medium-sized miniature	Recovered on private farmland near	250.00
	grinding set consisting of a small mortar stone having	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	a concave surface on both sides and a loaf stone	1950's through 1960's
	pestle. Smaller grinding sets such as these were used	(More information to buyer)
	to grind-up spices as well as materials used for
	painting pictographs. This set is in excellent condition	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
RPTO1	A well worn, pretty near spent reddish-brown and	Recovered from	50.00
	black hemitite Adze bit, used, resharpened and	Tamaha, OK
	worn down to almost nothing in ancient times.
	A very interesting artifact.	Ex: Perino

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO16	A quite scarce and nice miniature grinding set	Recovered on private farmland near	175.00
	consisting of a small mortar stone having a single	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	concave surface and a ball pestle. Smaller grinding	1950's through 1960's
	sets such as these were used to grind-up spices as	(More information to buyer)
	well as materials used for painting pictographs. The
	mortar has a single slight plow scar on the bottom.	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO17	A loaf stone shapped miniature	Recovered on private farmland near	50.00
	mortar having very shallow, yet to	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	be developed concave sections on	1950's through 1960's
	both faces. Quite a scarce piece	(More information to buyer)
		Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO349	A fair-sized gray hard stone Archaic	Lake Co., OR	300.00
	"Potato Masher" Pestle in excellent	(Full history to buyer)
	condition. Definitely a rare find!

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO19	A nice green granite miniature	Recovered on private farmland near	50.00
	grinding pestle/net weight	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	having a single incised groove	1950's through 1960's
	all the way around this piece	(More information to buyer)
		Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO21	A quite scarce and nice miniature grinding set	Recovered on private farmland near	250.00
	consisting of a small mortar stone having a concave	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	surface on both sides and a ball pestle. Smaller	1950's through 1960's
	grinding sets such as these were used to grind-up	(More information to buyer)
	spices as well as materials used for painting	Ex: Leon Taylor
	pictographs. This set is in excellent condition

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO33	A black and white granite Atlatl weight which	Recovered on private farmland near	350.00
	has HEAVY gray and brown alkali and	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	mineral encrustation all over it's entire surface.	1950's through 1960's
	It has a vertical groove where the Atlatl shaft	(More information to buyer)
	rested and a horizontal groove for the binding.
	Some of the encrustation has chipped away,
	revealing the underlying original host stone's
	surface. A VERY RARE piece!	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFTO2	A very scarce reddish-gray volcanic	Recovered in	250.00
	rock Phallic Mortar. It has some ancient	Central California
	usage marks, but no modern damage	(Name of finder to buyer)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFTO2	A nice greenish-gray hardstone	Recovered in	120.00
	Celt from the Archaic period	West Branch, MI

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHTO926	A nicely polished green	Found by L.L. Valdivia 35	150.00
	hardstone mini axe-hammer head	miles east of Mazatlon,
		Concepcion, Sinaloa, MX	dlow926

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHTO932	A very small, nicely polished black	Recovered in	150.00
	Full Grooved mini Axe head having	Concepcion,
	the usual surface scratches and a chip	Sinalon, MX
	from the center of the cutting edge		dlow932

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHTO938	A small polished greenish-gray	Found in Prtodelas	175.00
	jade 3/4 grooved mini-axe head	Canoas, Sin, MX
	having damage to the cutting
	edge (photos 5 & 6)		dlow938

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
GETO5	A nice volcanic, triangular mortar	Found in	185.00
	paired with a damaged mortar, still	Fort Rock, OR
	a good marriage, despite her flaws	(Details to buyer)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
GBTO4	A very scarce gray lava rock quern stone	Found in Northern California	200.00
	(foot mortar) in very good condition (See	in Modoc Territory
	Carrol B. Howe's Ancient Modocs of
	California and Oregon, page 30 for other
	samples of this type as well as how they
	were used)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
GBTO5	A quite scarce two handled "horned" volcanic	Found in Northern California	200.00
	rock Mano having 4 slight chip marks around	in Modoc Territory
	the edges to the bottom grinding area. (See
	Emory Strong's Stoneage in the Great Basin,
	page 218 for other samples of this type)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
GBTO6	A very scarce gray quern stone (foot	Found in Northern California	175.00
	mortar) in very good condition and	in Modoc Territory
	quite worn down from ancient useage.
	(See Carrol B. Howe's Ancient
	Modocs of California and Oregon,
	page 30 for other samples of this type
	as well as for how they were used)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHTO920	A nicely polished greenish-black hardstone	Recovered in	130.00
	Pestle in perfect condition with the	Humboldt Co., CA
	exception of one minor chip to the side,
	extending from the business end (Photo 4)	Ex: Davis

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO87	A fine grained gray basalt flaked combination axe	Recovered in the	45.00
	and hammer head having all the proper traces of	Nevada Desert
	use wear and excellent mineralization as a
	testimony to it's antiquity. This one was probably
	used to knock out better flint material from
	outcrops at a quarry site and is quite a scarce item

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
GBTO2	A very neat little notched	Undocumented, most	30.00
	orange-brown stone net sinker	likely Northern California
		Ex: Charles Miles

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO8	A fairly thick and quite hefty gray Donut stone,	Recovered on private farmland near	125.00
	which was quite chewed-up by farming machinery.	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	These were used on the end of digging sticks to	1950's through 1960's
	add more power to the downward thrust when	(More information to buyer)
	dislodging edible roots and are quite rare items	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO352	A medium-sized gray porous volcanic rock Archaic	Lake Co., OR	150.00
	Roller Pestle having substantial alkali deposits	(Full history to buyer)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO348	A porous gray volcanic rock Archaic	Lake Co., OR	250.00
	combination Pestle/Mano stone having a single	(Full history to buyer)
	flat Mano-style working surface but also
	showing usage wear to the ends, as a Pestle.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO31	A brown stone Net Weight which has a	Recovered on private farmland near	95.00
	shallow pecked groove running vertically	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	all around this ancient piece. It's in	1950's through 1960's
	excellent condition, as it was made.	(More information to buyer)
		Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO345	A pretty wicked gray hard stone Archaic full-grooved Maul.	Lake Co., OR	125.00
	The groove is quite shallow and it has a fair-sized chip from	(Full history to buyer)
	one of it's business ends, which would indicate actual use as
	a hammer stone/maul, but I'm not totally convinced that this
	one was "completed" for it's intended purpose.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO25	A greenish-gray granite Net Weight	Recovered on private farmland near	75.00
	having a shallow pecked groove travelling	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	vertically all around this ancient piece. It's	1950's through 1960's
	completely intact as it was made.	(More information to buyer)
		Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO27	A fairly pitted green granite Net Weight	Recovered on private farmland near	110.00
	having a shallow pecked groove travelling	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	vertically all around this ancient piece. I'm	1950's through 1960's
	just amazed at all of the work which must	(More information to buyer)
	have gone into making this ancient artifact	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO29	An uncompleted black and off-white granite	Recovered on private farmland near	50.00
	Net Weight in it's preform stage, before a	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	groove was pecked into it's surface to	1950's through 1960's
	facilitate binding. It has a single shallow nick	(More information to buyer)
	(photo 6) but is otherwise "all there"	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO708	A nicely polished black, on one face, mottled	Found on the	45.00
	green on the other, Jadite "Rubbing" or	Columbia River
	Polishing Stone used during the hide-tanning	in Oregon
	process and having a few rough sections to it's
	surfaces and some nicking to the edges

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO707	A somewhat polished plain gray "Rubbing" or	Found on the	30.00
	Polishing Stone used during the hide-tanning	Columbia River
	process and having a slight surface crack near	in Oregon
	the edge of one end.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO32	A small greenish-gray "dog stone",	Recovered on private farmland near	20.00
	used as a bolo with the stone	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	encased in a leather pouch	1950's through 1960's
		(More information to buyer)
		Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO34	A green hard stone Atlatl Weight which	Recovered on private farmland near	125.00
	lost repeated battles with a farming plow,	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	but still remained about 80% intact. It has	1950's through 1960's
	grayish alkali deposits on it's surfaces as a	(More information to buyer)
	testimony to it's great antiquity	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCTO5	A neat, and quite unusual (for type) brick-red	Recovered in	50.00
	pecked "toed" Net Weight in excellent condition	Humboldt Co., NV

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFTO3	A section of a sandstone shaft abrader	From an old collection recovered	15.00
	having a single groove on side A.	in Southern Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO709	A fairly thin (for type) but sturdy, somewhat rough	Found on the	50.00
	mottled light greenish-gray Adze Bit. These are	Columbia River
	fairly scarce finds, often overlooked in the field	in Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DGTO2	A most interesting pair of arrow shaft	Recovered in	180.00
	straighteners made from salvaged remnants	Santa Barbara Co., CA
	of 2 stone bowls. One is made from black	(Chumash Territory)
	steatite and the other is made from a schist
	which has a substantial amount of mica
	content. Both display a curvature on their
	undersides from the interior of the original
	bowls. Definitely a story written in stone !

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO451	A crudely shaped gray basalt	Found on the	22.00
	double notched Net weight	Columbia River
		in Oregon

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