Found An Arrowhead Today

[docpierce]

I was hiking in a nearby creek area. While climbing the bank, I found this scraper. Not really a knockout but it was a nice surprise. Along the sandstone banks there are several bowl like impressions in the rock. I suspect that these were used by the women to leech the tanins out of the acorn meal- that was a large part of their diet.

In ancient times in our area, the Yuki tribe was here. They hadn't the trade connections to gain access to the obsidian deposits 30 miles SE into enemy Pomo territory. The Pomo people would eventually push the Yukis out to the north- where they resided until European contact.

The Yukis used a stone called Franciscan Chert. It is more like flint and found among basalt deposits.It's closer to flint than obsidian, which is like volcanic glass. It is often brown, but can be green, white or even blue.

 

[waikikigun]

We have those same kind of acorn grinding/leaching holes in big sandstone rocks back up in the canyons around here, down in Santa Barbara. Chumash land.

 

[CobGuy]

Great find ... thanks for sharing that!
We found a small piece of Anasazi / Pueblo pottery right in our own backyard recently.
This area still contains many of the Cliff Dwellings they resided in.

~Darin

 

[docpierce]

Here's a couple of pictures of the site. There's plenty of evidence of prehistoric occupation here.

 

[CobGuy]

Beautiful spot!

 

[Knucklehead]

Here's a couple of pictures of the site. There's plenty of evidence of prehistoric occupation here.View attachment 31471View attachment 31472

Great spot. Does the water run year round?

 

[plantdude]

If you are in a gold bearing area that would be an awesome spot to check with a few test pans.