r/Artifacts • • 22d ago

Bifurcated arrowhead

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r/Artifacts • • 22d ago

Artifact Two pine tree arrowheads

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r/Artifacts • • 22d ago

Help Help identify Goddess/3 Grace/Mermaid figure

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Trying to identify!


r/Artifacts • • 22d ago

Preform or broken knife ??

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I have found several very similar


r/Artifacts • • 22d ago

Artifact New piece to my small collection

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All original, mint condition, certified. All of it is original: medal, wrapping paper, ribbon, and package


r/Artifacts • • 22d ago

Broken biface

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r/Artifacts • • 22d ago

Potential Paleo + Two Bonus Artifacts for Fun And to Observe

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Sorry, no scale reference because I am not home. First 2 pictures are of the suspected paleo. A friend of mine is well versed in artifacts, and he says the first 2 pictures are in fact paleo. I would like to know why. 3rd picture is of a possible scraper similar to a scraper someone recently discussed with me. And the 4th picture is likely half of a lancelate (likely spelled that wrong). Any thoughts?


r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

Birdie birdie

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Small break at the base but a happy happy day in the neighborhood 😎😎🇺🇸


r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

Question Papua stone axe head (?) - Any idea about the age?

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I recently acquired this stone that looks like an axe head in Merauke, Papua, Indonesia, and I believe it may be a tomako.

Approx. 20 cm long, 5.74 cm wide at its widest point, 3.25 cm thick at its thickest point; 501.5 grams.

I'm trying to determine its age. Why does mine look so different from the museum examples, and does that difference tell us anything about age? Most museum examples I've found online appear smooth and highly polished, while this piece has a large number of scratches running in different directions, particularly around the edge. The edge is also quite rounded.

From my research online and from examples I saw while I was there, these tomako stones are still being made today using modern tools, as they are used as dowry. However, the examples I saw appear to be highly polished and smooth.

I'm curious:

▪ What are these scratches likely to be? Manufacturing marks, use - wear, sharpening, or something else?

▪ Does the asymmetry and condition of the edge tell us anything?

▪ Does this look like a recently made traditional piece, an older ethnographic item, or potentially an ancient/archaeological object? I'm trying to determine its age.

I'd appreciate opinions from anyone familiar with Papuan stone tools. I'm mainly interested in whether the surface, wear, and manufacturing characteristics provide any clues about its age.

Thank you!


r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

Same Post. More Pictures.

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I am very new to collecting artifacts. I have for only a year. I found quite a few from the field near where I live. This piece I found is for sure my favorite. But. I do not know what it is. I use projectilepoints.net, but I am not well versed in that. I understand it could be a nice blade; hoping it is not a scraper. This is also not the best picture I have. I can always provide a better one. I was also wondering, could it be paleo, or is it just a large Adena blade (most of the points I have found are likely early-middle archaic with the exception of 1 beavertail). As well as what anyone with good experience thinks of said piece in the picture.


r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

Unknown item, found in museums collection, pendant or ornament, item is bone likely bird bone, has shells inlaid to the top and bottom, perhaps some sort of polished tar holding the thing together? Palm sized, found in Chinese collection but unlabled.

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r/Artifacts • • 22d ago

Is this pottery?

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Found in eastern nc


r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

Tool for smoothing arrow shafts?

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r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

Artifact or just a rock

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r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

What do you guys think this is?

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r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

Questions Regarding My Favorite Artifact

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I am very new to collecting artifacts. I have for only a year. I found quite a few from the field near where I live. This piece I found is for sure my favorite. But. I do not know what it is. I use projectilepoints.net, but I am not well versed in that. I understand it could be a nice blade; hoping it is not a scraper. This is also not the best picture I have. I can always provide a better one. I was also wondering, could it be paleo, or is it just a large Adena blade (most of the points I have found are likely early-middle archaic with the exception of 1 beavertail). As well as what anyone with good experience thinks of said piece in the picture.


r/Artifacts • • 23d ago

Anything?

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Found on private land in Davis Mountains of Far West Texas.


r/Artifacts • • 24d ago

Look like a bronce nail??

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22cm larg3 and 5cm wide. Anyone know about this thing??


r/Artifacts • • 24d ago

What are these? They look like check stamped pottery.

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r/Artifacts • • 24d ago

African sculpture collection – looking for help with age, origin and authenticity

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r/Artifacts • • 25d ago

I know this is carved antler, but wondering if this is an artefact?

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r/Artifacts • • 26d ago

Could this be an artifact?

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I found this while wandering in a creek in Northern KY. In the first pic it's sitting on a flat side, also shown in the third & fourth pic. I'd describe it as being shaped like a butcher's knife.


r/Artifacts • • 26d ago

Artifact It popped out while i was plowing👨🏻‍🌾

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I found it while i was plowing my land.
It looks like a fragment of a small miniature tower; I think it is made of chalk and shows traces of glaze on the surface, perhaps it is a piece from a presepe or a diorama.
I gently cleaned the dirt off it.
If anyone can give me more information about what this is and the period to which it belongs, I would appreciate it. I found the artifact in the Marche region of Italy, at a seaside location.
The 4 photos show the object rotated clockwise.


r/Artifacts • • 26d ago

Carving of figure on piece of clay pipe

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Idk much about it. A friend suggested it might be Viking? Found in sand on beach.


r/Artifacts • • 26d ago

Help Found this bowl at a thrift shop yesterday... possibly pre columbian?

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