17 Old Copper Culture “Spuds” from the Judge James R. Beer Private Collection. These are adze-like woodworking tools produced between 4500-1000 B.C.E. They were found throughout Wisconsin, and spuds have also been found in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and New York [1509 x 640]
Sources:
Old Copper Culture and Ancient Waterways America Facebook group
The Judge James R. Beer Purchased Copper Collection, pp. 69-79
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Look like my teeth.
Indigenous copper artifacts are so cool, and I’m always jealous of New England and Great Lakes archaeologists who study this stuff.
We have cool pottery in the Southwest and Puebloan Great Houses, sure, but copper? That’s cool shit right there!