![]() The Adena were known as mound builders, a few of which survive in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. While I do not want to get into too much detail about Adena, as I am not an expert, the Adena culture (circa 800 BCE to 100 CE) coincides roughly with the Early Woodland of the eastern U.S. It may seem like an odd place to start but I had my reasons. ![]() I contacted an expert in Ohio who specializes in Adena and Hopewell traditions there. I have shown it to archaeologists throughout the state and no one recognizes it as local. So, we have this item (photos below) that is unlike anything else in Virginia. Additionally, he has picked up a number of the small, yellow Dutch bricks that date to the early 1600s and that are common at an archaeological site we are investigating at Eyreville (Northampton Co.), first occupied by Europeans in the 1630s. He also finds early colonial ceramics dating to the 1600s and 1700s. He often finds spear points, arrowheads, and pottery, all dating to pre-European settlements in the area. He often finds other items washing up on shore there, likely the remnants of a site that long ago eroded away. He found it in his usual, top secret, fishing spot on the barrier islands south of Chincoteague. It came from a friend on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. DHR archaeologist Mike Clem turns the tables and asks us, “What is this object?”. DHR - Virginia Department of Historic Resources > Ask an Archaeologist > Ask an Archaeologist: A Mysterious Artifact Ask an Archaeologist: A Mysterious Artifact
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