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Another Day of Ordovician Collecting in Lawrenceburg, Indiana- Picture Heavy

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19 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

I thought you would be familiar with the movie "Jaws" -- you know the part where he says: "We're gonna need a bigger boat". Time to buy that extended cargo van perhaps?

Lol- I think you are correct.

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Or at least a "Toy Hauler" for the bigger slabs. ;)

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Did you at least bring home those hand samples you're holding, or did you drop some of them after photographing?

EDIT: Never mind, I see you left most of those bryos in the field. :shakehead:

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On 5/12/2019 at 3:58 PM, Nimravis said:

Bryozoan-

 

Here are some pics of bryozoan that I found and  almost all were left in the field.

 

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Next post Brachiopods-

 

That is one beautiful plate! Perfect background color. Not too busy and a small size--- it would display very well! :thumbsu:

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On 5/12/2019 at 4:15 PM, Nimravis said:

Crinoid hash plates-

 

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I've always wondered, did Native Americans use crinoids for beads?

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32 minutes ago, JohnBrian said:

 

I've always wondered, did Native Americans use crinoids for beads?

I think they did, but I can't find anything to support that at the moment.

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57 minutes ago, Wrangellian said:

I think they did, but I can't find anything to support that at the moment.

That is what I always thought.

 

1 hour ago, JohnBrian said:

 

That is one beautiful plate! Perfect background color. Not too busy and a small size--- it would display very well! :thumbsu:

I also thought so, it was the first time that I found fossils on matrix like this.

 

18 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Did you at least bring home those hand samples you're holding, or did you drop some of them after photographing?

EDIT: Never mind, I see you left most of those bryos in the field. :shakehead:

Some hand size ones I did keep.

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I was in the neighborhood of Lawrenceburg on my last trip to the Ohio Valley. I opted for St. Leon instead, but next time I will definitely consider this site. You found some excellent specimens. The rock loaded with crinoid stems was my favorite. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

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23 hours ago, ynot said:

Stunning finds Ralph!

Looks like You had a lot of luck on that trip.

Thanks Tony

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9 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

I was in the neighborhood of Lawrenceburg on my last trip to the Ohio Valley. I opted for St. Leon instead, but next time I will definitely consider this site. You found some excellent specimens. The rock loaded with crinoid stems was my favorite. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

Thanks Jeff, it is a nice spot to stop.

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On 5/16/2019 at 6:59 PM, JohnBrian said:

I've always wondered, did Native Americans use crinoids for beads?

They're not quite all dead yet. Why don't you ask them?

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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On 5/16/2019 at 4:59 PM, JohnBrian said:

 

I've always wondered, did Native Americans use crinoids for beads?

Yes, are so I have been told.

Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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text from:

 

Mayor, A. 2005

Fossil Legends of the First Americans.

Princeton University Press, 446 pp.

 

HOPI AND PUEBLO FOSSIL COLLECTORS
At least two types of fossils were collected by the inhabitants of the ancient Homol'ovi ruins (occupied in A.D. 1280 - 1400), near Winslow, west of Petrified Forest, Arizona. Archaeologists noticed that crinoids (the segmented hollow stems of sea lilies) were used for beads, as in countless other paleo-Indian sites across America, and numerous tabular pieces of petrified wood had been brought to the pueblo from the Chinle Formation deposits of the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest.

 

 

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Claassen, C. 2018

The Beads of Indian Knoll.

Southeastern Archaeology (in press)

 

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20 hours ago, ober said:

what a great variety of very neat finds. thanks for sharing. tom

Glad you like the pics Tom.

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Very nice! I might have to make a trip up to Lawrenceberg! 

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On 5/16/2019 at 7:59 PM, JohnBrian said:

 

I've always wondered, did Native Americans use crinoids for beads?

I don’t know if they did in fact use them as beads, but as a kid we used to call crinoid pieces “Indian Beads” (I know... not politically correct... we were kids...cowboys and Indians...) We would put them on string and make necklaces. 

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9 minutes ago, markjw said:

That was a spectacular photo display

I am glad that you liked it.

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