USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -They found thousands of pieces of pottery, including one complete pot. The trove includes some oddities: an arrowhead made of chert, a type of stone that is not local and may be around 8, 000 years old; and Savannah River points made of quartzite, predating the pottery found at the site by 1, 000 years or more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Native tanned and commercial leather, glass and metal beads, cotton cloth, silk, dentalium shell, metal cones, horsehair, plastic, hair pipes, brass bells, porcupine quills, brass tacks, brass and metal studs, silver cones.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many people collect spear tips, arrowheads, and other artifacts from plowed fields in the Upper Mississippi Valley. Besides being a pleasant hobby, collecting these artifacts can tell us which culture lived at each site, how old the site is, how people survived, and which trade networks they may have used.

Detailed explanation-4: -Arrowheads are important archaeological artifacts; they are a subclass of projectile points. Modern enthusiasts still “produce over one million brand-new spear and arrow points per year". A craftman who manufactures arrowheads is called an arrowsmith.