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Unread 02-22-2015, 10:00 AM   #27
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you can't carbon date stone,

i had mine dated by an expert a friend had a connection with through the university her husband chaired a department at.

The problem is, in most case, found on it own or removed from context , its a rough guess.

the area I grew up in had a small Seneca village that was destroyed by the Sullivan Campaign in 1779, we found stone points often, my one teacher's family farm was near the site of the village and she had the classroom walls covered with them found in the fields. As kids we weren't smart enough to keep them.

not far south of me now is where one of the largest Senca Villages was, Little Bead's town - Chenussio (Geneseo to us), points still float to the top after spring rains, and those that are lucky enough to have permission are still finding them
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