mississippian tools

[old timer1990]

What would the mississippian indian tool been like. I live pretty close to the mississippi river and they were in my county along the river thanks

[gino]

Not sure but a guess would be out of stone.

[gringo]

sticks, rocks, nets, and slings.
plus:bones and antlers.

[old timer1990]

Would they have used obsidian for knives

[gino]

If there was a volcano near the Mississsppi river. Obsidian is volcanic rock.

[gringo]

there were trade routes all over the us prior to conquest gino...

anthropologists have found copper bells at mesa verde...that could only have come from a mine a hundreds of miles away...sea shells from the pacific ocean, for decorations...in the desert...

[gino]

Your right gringo, great point. I never thought of that. Very cool

[old timer1990]

I don't know that much about the native american tools at all my aunt awhile back found a arrowhead in her fields and she live lease then a mile from me what stone was used from the arrowheads sorry for all the question I am just getting interested in the native american era I have. Thanks

[gringo]

careful what ya ask for...

http://www.nps.gov/history/seac/outline ... /index.htm

there are stories of pueblo clans...runner clans...who ran two hundred miles a day...communication networks...
there was that hopi runner...silver in the 1912 olympics...who would wake up, have breakfast, run 75 miles to watch the steam engine of the sante fe rail road go by winslow...and run home for lunch.

[Luckypaul777]

careful what ya ask for...

http://www.nps.gov/history/seac/outline ... /index.htm

there are stories of pueblo clans...runner clans...who ran two hundred miles a day...communication networks...
there was that hopi runner...silver in the 1912 olympics...who would wake up, have breakfast, run 75 miles to watch the steam engine of the sante fe rail road go by winslow...and run home for lunch.

I'm 62 and I get tired' just driving 200 miles a day.


Paul