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Home - Tools 1 - Tools 2 - Tools 3 Introduction: Here is my collection of prehistoric Indian tools. The first Americans started with simple tools. Humans crossed Beringia from Asia to enter North America about 15,000 or more years ago. They followed big game which included mammoth, bison, caribou, and hunted with sturdy spears. Before long they had entered into the Midwestern and Southeastern U.S. Artifacts found at Paleo sites included simple stone tools designed to kill animals and process meat and hides. In Archaic times game got smaller, and so new tools evolved for different tasks. Woodland period Indians started to settle into permanent camps and began to learn some agriculture. New kinds of stone tools associated with food processing and storage were made. Mississippian culture brought new farming tools, tempered pottery, jewelry, and other beautifully made stone items. |
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Groove Axe - Hard stone - Archaic through Woodland Period - Johnson
County Illinois ( See the top of this page to look at a mounted or halfted groove axe head ) |
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Grooved Axe Head - Archaic Period - Johnson County Illinois |
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Discoidal or Chunkey Game Stone - Sandstone - Mississippian
Period - Johnson County
Illinois |
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Discoidal
or Chunkey Stone - Granite
- Mississippian Period
- Madison County Illinois "Click Here To Learn More About The Chunkey Game" |
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Game Stone - Sandstone - Woodland to Mississippian Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Hammer
Stone - Sandstone - Woodland to Mississippian Period - Johnson County
Illinois All round tool used to drive stakes, crack nuts and bones, and other hammering chores. |
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| Grinding
Stone / Hammer Stone / Maul - Woodland to Mississippian Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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Polished Flint Celt (ungrooved axe) - Archaic to Woodland Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Chipped
Celt, Flaked Celt, Flint Celt (ungrooved axe) - Archaic Period -
Johnson County Illinois |
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Adze - Creamy White, Pink, & Yellow Chert - Mississippian Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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Flint Adze - Sharp polished 45 degree edge. Archaic Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Chopper
or Hand Axe - Nice Pinks. - Archaic Period - Johnson County Illinois |
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Blade or Celt - Archaic Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Bell
Pestle or Maul (used to mash grain) - Woodland to Mississippian
Period - Johnson County
Illinois |
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| Hoofed
Pestle or Grain Pestal - Woodland to Mississippian Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Hoof
Pestle / Grinding Stone - Woodland to Mississippian Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Zuni
Indian grinding medicine. |
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| Grinding
Stone - Woodland to Mississippian Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Polished
Bit Adze - Archaic Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Chert
Adze - Archaic Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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Adze - Bit polish & 45 degree edge. - Archaic Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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| Adze
- Great bit polish, 45 degree edge - Archaic Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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Wood Chipper / Adze or Chisel - Archaic Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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Hand Spade / Blade - Archaic Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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Spade or a Chipped Flint Celt - Mississippian Period - Johnson County
Illinois |
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Polished Flint Spade - Mississippian Period - Johnson County Illinois |
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| 9"
Spade - With beautiful bit polished piece! Mississippian Period
- Johnson County Illinois |
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