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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

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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

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An Old Copper Culture 'I-B'- or 'I-J'-style Spearhead Found Somewhere in Michigan. I-Bs and I-Js are thought to date between 4500-1000 B.C.E. Although resembling some Eurasian styles, this is from the Great Lakes region and was cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted

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An Old Copper Culture 'I-B'- or 'I-J'-style Spearhead Found Somewhere in Michigan. I-Bs and I-Js are thought to date between 4500-1000 B.C.E. Although resembling some Eurasian styles, this is from the Great Lakes region and was cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted

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An Old Copper Culture 'III-D'-style Crescent Knife/Ulu . Similar to Arctic ulus, these are thought to be food-processing knives; other styles are thought to be ornaments. This one is from Minnesota, and many have been found across the Great Lakes region

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An Old Copper Culture 'III-D'-style Crescent Knife/Ulu . Similar to Arctic ulus, these are thought to be food-processing knives; other styles are thought to be ornaments. This one is from Minnesota, and many have been found across the Great Lakes region

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An Old Copper Culture 'I-D'-style Spearpoint Recovered from Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Although it resembles Eurasian-style spearpoints, these were cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted. This style is thought to date between 4000-1000 B.C.E. based on similar finds.

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An Old Copper Culture 'I-D'-style Spearpoint Recovered from Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Although it resembles Eurasian-style spearpoints, these were cold-hammered and annealed, not smelted. This style is thought to date between 4000-1000 B.C.E. based on similar finds.

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Four Old Copper Culture Artifacts from the Winnipeg River Region of Manitoba, Canada. Many different Old Copper Culture artifacts have been found across southern Manitoba, including adzes, ulus, beads, and knives. Most date between 4000-1000 B.C.E.

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Four Old Copper Culture Artifacts from the Winnipeg River Region of Manitoba, Canada. Many different Old Copper Culture artifacts have been found across southern Manitoba, including adzes, ulus, beads, and knives. Most date between 4000-1000 B.C.E.

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10 Old Copper Culture Artifacts from the McCollum Site , southeastern Lake Nipigon, Ontario, Canada. This site's materials show connections with Wisconsin, Manitoba, and the northern Great Plains.

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10 Old Copper Culture Artifacts from the McCollum Site , southeastern Lake Nipigon, Ontario, Canada. This site's materials show connections with Wisconsin, Manitoba, and the northern Great Plains.

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An Old Copper Culture Spear found in Houghton County, Michigan, in 1872. It's 1.95ft long, weighs 3.5 pounds, has a rolled socket with two square rivet holes, and a bifacially beveled blade.

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An Old Copper Culture Spear found in Houghton County, Michigan, in 1872. It's 1.95ft long, weighs 3.5 pounds, has a rolled socket with two square rivet holes, and a bifacially beveled blade.

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Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England, that was worked between c. 2600 and c. 2300 BCE, although production may have continued through the Bronze and Iron Ages and later, owing to the low cost of flint compared with metals

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Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England, that was worked between c. 2600 and c. 2300 BCE, although production may have continued through the Bronze and Iron Ages and later, owing to the low cost of flint compared with metals

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Clay puppets discovered at the Mesoamerican Preclassic site of San Isidro, El Salvador, about 2,400 years old. These were controlled by a string placed through the neck and the discoveries at San Isidro confound assumptions about ancient El Salvador being culturally undeveloped.

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Clay puppets discovered at the Mesoamerican Preclassic site of San Isidro, El Salvador, about 2,400 years old. These were controlled by a string placed through the neck and the discoveries at San Isidro confound assumptions about ancient El Salvador being culturally undeveloped.

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This artifact from a Hopewell mound serves as a testament to the culture's vast influence. Made of copper mined in Michigan, it’s shaped like a horn of a sheep not found in Ohio or Michigan but native to Wyoming, far from the southern Ohio mounds where it was found. 200 BCE-500 CE

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This artifact from a Hopewell mound serves as a testament to the culture's vast influence. Made of copper mined in Michigan, it’s shaped like a horn of a sheep not found in Ohio or Michigan but native to Wyoming, far from the southern Ohio mounds where it was found. 200 BCE-500 CE

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Union between a toad and jaguar - In the Andean worldview, toads are associated with the humid world, while jaguars are associated with the earth. From this union a toad with the ears of a jaguar is born, and from its body there sprout cassava plants. Moche culture, Larco Museum, Lima

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Union between a toad and jaguar - In the Andean worldview, toads are associated with the humid world, while jaguars are associated with the earth. From this union a toad with the ears of a jaguar is born, and from its body there sprout cassava plants. Moche culture, Larco Museum, Lima

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The Adena Tablets are engraved tablets which has been recovered in contexts that are associated with the Adena culture of the Early Woodland Period . As many as 13 have been found in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. So far the exact use for these tablets is unknown

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The Adena Tablets are engraved tablets which has been recovered in contexts that are associated with the Adena culture of the Early Woodland Period . As many as 13 have been found in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. So far the exact use for these tablets is unknown

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2000-year-old graves of nearly 600 cats and dogs at the Roman port of Berenice in Egypt may be world's oldest pet cemetery. Many wore collars or other adornments, and they had been cared for through injury and old age, like today's pets

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2000-year-old graves of nearly 600 cats and dogs at the Roman port of Berenice in Egypt may be world's oldest pet cemetery. Many wore collars or other adornments, and they had been cared for through injury and old age, like today's pets

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A Roman marble head dated around 1st-2nd Century AD has been discovered by Greg Crawley, a construction worker driver while undertaking renovation works in Peterborough. Its bust was also discovered close to the site of the original find and were reassembled.

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A Roman marble head dated around 1st-2nd Century AD has been discovered by Greg Crawley, a construction worker driver while undertaking renovation works in Peterborough. Its bust was also discovered close to the site of the original find and were reassembled.

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A Socketed Copper Adze Found in Northwestern Ontario Several Years Ago. It Was Made by the Old Copper Complex of North America, ca. 8000-1000 B.C.E.

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A Socketed Copper Adze Found in Northwestern Ontario Several Years Ago. It Was Made by the Old Copper Complex of North America, ca. 8000-1000 B.C.E.

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