12000 year old fishing tackle

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/24870/scientists+amazing+california+discovery+includes+fishing+tackle+12000+years+old/

I know I got some gear as old as those...my uglystik seems to last forever

Those are some very well crafted stone tools!

 Back in the mid '90s I had the opportunity to visit Santa Cruz Island for a week, and one day we did some minor research at some garbage middens. In between the grass tufts we found bone hooks and shell beads that were used as trade money. The money pieces were about as large as a hearing aid battery, with a tiny hole drilled through them so that they could be carried in long strings. The drills were made of chert stone. Boggles my mind that they could work with such precision.

Cool article Chaeki, thanks!

Those are some very well crafted stone tools!

 Back in the mid '90s I had the opportunity to visit Santa Cruz Island for a week, and one day we did some minor research at some garbage middens. In between the grass tufts we found bone hooks and shell beads that were used as trade money. The money pieces were about as large as a hearing aid battery, with a tiny hole drilled through them so that they could be carried in long strings. The drills were made of chert stone. Boggles my mind that they could work with such precision.

Cool article Chaeki, thanks!

I went to Santa Cruz island  in 1995 for two weeks as part of a semester long field study (Sierra Institute) my freshman year at UCSC...beautiful place!!

We checked out some of those middens as well...very cool!!!!!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Thanks Chaeki Very Cool I found a strange one last week in Santa Rosa

Thanks Chaeki Very Cool I found a strange one last week in Santa Rosa

Wow great find.. Thats a keeper for sure, you going to make a necklace out of it?