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Beautiful arrowhead!

Oh man, that’s a real beauty…. Condition and color are really something!

Looks like it might be a piece of Alibates, Don.

I wish I had a time machine. Love to go back and watch that Indian making that point. And watch him make his bow, and arrows. And to see him on the hunt, maybe he shot an antelope. Or, an enemy Indian. That would make a great 2-hour video.

Nice one! We find some stuff similar to that occasionally. No idea what it’s actually called but we always call it thumbprint chert.

another mano and busted point

yet another mano, a busted spud, 2 brokes and a nice little translucent point.

Another beauty there!

Those are really nice !!! I sure wish I lived in an area where I could dig for points. Here in south Louisiana there's nothing but mud and swamp. I go to Texas twice a year to hunt and get to dig then. I really enjoy it.

Beaytiful! Dammit I wish I could find some points in the NC mountains. Never found a single flint flake, or one chip of pottery.

This is still the coolest thread on here! 👍….thanks to Slumlord, Salmonella, Huntsman and everyone else. You guys find some beauties.

The word "mano" means "hand" in Spanish.
But, it means "corn grinder" when referring to Indians?

What stone is the last one made of? The light transmission is amazing!

Mano & Metate are both Spanish.

The mano being what you hold in your "hand" to grind the corn on the metate... (the grinding bowl)

Not sure what the Indians called them... Aside from lots of Indians speaking Spanish. Especially in the SW.

Thank you, Rockinbar.

Very interesting thread, I like it very much.

Sorry, no indian artifacts over here. Just a dagger from the Romans:

https://www.archaeology.org/news/8493-200302-germany-roman-dagger

https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/02/unique-roman-dagger-found-in-germany.html

Unfortunately in German, not in English:

Annie in my den pulling guard duty.

Cool place, Sal!

I think metate is Nahuatl, Barry. There is also a Nahuatl word for the mano too. But I cannot remember it. Sounds a bit like metate tho

One would be amazed at the number of Nahuatl words used today on both sides of the Rio Grande. Like Guajalote etc. Dr. Pete Gregory prof of Anthropology at Northwestern state univ. in Natchitoches La. wrote an article on the number of Nahuatl words infused into the Adai Caddo vocabulary after they were moved to Bejar and then back to NW Louisiana in the mid to late 18th century.

Vast majority of flora and faunal names used in S. Texas and N. Mexico today are Nahuatl.

Found it! Nahuatl word for a mano was metlapil!