Why a Clovis bone needle is the most important artifact in North America

[elkhound]

2-10-2025 lots to see all the way to the end....dont give up on slow parts...very interesting and should shape you thoughts on survival......and it goes back some of @Sourdough survival tips and my treeless survival thread....anyhow...super cool finds and vid just came out for us to see.

 

[Magus]

2-10-2025 lots to see all the way to the end....dont give up on slow parts...very interesting and should shape you thoughts on survival......and it goes back some of @Sourdough survival tips and my treeless survival thread....anyhow...super cool finds and vid just came out for us to see.

OH, MAN! I love this stuff! Have you ever studied the "Clovis Point" or the Folsom shaft? these were centuries ahead of anything else in North America! their design of a spear thrower and the spear itself was the 300 magnum of its day!

 

[Magus]

I wish I had been better at flint knapping, that is some true skill right there
and old TV screens made beautiful points.

This isn't bad, but tempered glass is what you want, this stuff is too brittle!

 

[Patchouli]

Great stuff! Don’t have time to watch it all right now. Can you imagine finding that kind of stuff yourself? My brother, as a pre-teen used to dig for stuff. Arrowheads and fossils he’d find.

 

[Magus]

Me too, but it doesn't pay bills unless you're 110% dedicated. great hobby though!

 

[elkhound]

the big survival lesson here goes back to what @Sourdough talks about all the time...a covering...sleeping bag and often clothes...no clothes no life...no needle no wind proof clothes...the navajo jumped right on sheep,goats and horses as soon as they seen them...especially the sheep...wool for weaving for blankets to be warm and to sleep on in areas of limited trees for heating at night and/or during winter time...not gathering firewood from miles away equals less calories needed etc.

sewing needles,foot powered sewing machine and ability to weave might be the skill to save yourself and households....just look at history how important those skills were to life.