CU-Boulder helps unearth the Mahaffy Cache

[@stephenrice5938]

How about some credit for the landscapers that unearthed these artifacts? Those guys are the real heroes here. Without them, none of these artifacts would’ve been found.

[@lori8553]

Interesting 🧐 but short. Left me more questions. Looking for more information

[@fload46d]

It's not possible to date the rock. They can only go by the style and possibly something else found with them that would date them. The question is: how long has man been in North America?

[@dubthedirector]

These are awesome, thanks for posting!

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Stellar find!

[@hermancullen6930]

Is this before or after he destroyed his company for personal gain?Bet he uses Stockholder cash to dig in the dirt and build a 1mm home....and "import rocks"

[@MrRickjitsu]

Fantastic !!!

[@frankparrish5657]

These look identical to four I saw in the high Uinta wilderness. Your discovery of horse, bear and Camel proteins leads me to think they are butchering tools as well as preforms. The 4 I saw still lye on the ground. Post Script: How to flute a Clovis Point without breaking it: Take two slats of oak, shaped like they are cut out of a yard stick 10 to 12cm long. Pitch glue two buttons of wood to one end of each, four buttons total. wrap the tip of your Clovis preform in a one inch strip of buckskin/leather twice around. Wrap the two boards onto the point with the tip sandwiched flat and the buttons at the base, with a piece of string or cordage. Flute with an antler billet, works every time. Good luck everyone!

[@rd264]

hope you sent your Uinta find info to CU Prof. Bamforth.

[@bobe3250]

Love it!!! Can you imagine if he listened to the landscape architect??? All he would have had is trickling waterfall. Relaxing in his backyard takes on a whole knew meaning and experience now. So smart not to listen.

[@terriniemeier6578]

So cool

[@maytagmark2171]

Terry Russel: Flint knapping is a skill that spanned the globe. You can trace the technology by their techniques. As they have now traced distinctive techniques from France directly to the East coast of the US and trace how it spread westward recognized by us as Clovis. In Europe its called Solutrean. Flint traced to its source in France has been found in a dig on the east coast of the US. And was attributed to Clovis until the flint it was made from was traced to source in France And Copper from the Lake Superior copper mines has been traced to Rome in coins minted 2-3 thousand years ago.

[@terryrussel523]

I remember long ago reading about a cave somewhere in Europe that held a lot of evidence of "a flint napper in residence" their in about this same age range.

[@leelockamy1745]

some cave man is mad because he buried his tools then could not find them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@artifactman660]

Looks like woodland blades to me

[@BM205]

Really, you think so? I'm lucky enough to have one Paleo blade and it bears strong resemblance to this one. I can tell you it was about 5 feet deeper than the woodland layer.

[@stanwebb2272]

The size leans to a person that had to be a Giant... a man that was living at the time you are talking about would have had a hard time using them as a instrument to kill any living animal.... a spear shaft to hold the point would have to be 1 inch to 2 inches diameter... so the total weight would be 10 to 20 to 50 lbs. (if not more) that is shaft and point and the holding sinew etc.... we are talking about some one in the 8 to 15 foot heights range............

[@kevingoodson9042]

May be preform though.

[@bobe3250]

Not necessarily. Big animals requires big tools no matter how big you are.

[@jarmyvicious]

Some Nephilim-Grade Artifacts There!!!

[@dwightmaciv4789]

Camel ?

[@andrewcross8244]

Pretty interesting how it’s totally ok for you guys to dig to hearts content and it’s just fine. But if a hobby archaeologist finds a Clovis point or something is called a looter? That is so ridiculous and disrespectful. The people I know that have found Clovis points...they are going back in the ground with them. Artifact hunting is not a crime. Cover your holes, respect the land and treasure your finds.