leebran20
Well-Known Member
In light of Kelley's great post, I have to make one more with apologies again for not being able to crop my shots better yet. Photoshop is in the mail to me and I will avail myself of it immediately when it arrives. But it's fun to finally be able to play with photos on this site too.
Anyway, these are two Hawaiian artifacts I've found in my own digging adventures. It's not unusual to find these stone implements when digging for bottles, but it's hardly common and was definitely unexpected for me on both occasions. I found the poi (taro) pounder on the left just over a year ago when digging a large (12x20 feet, 5 feet down) 1850-70s trash pit. The top's broken off, but it's still the only pounder I've ever found. The adze in front I found just a couple weeks ago, amazingly digging in stuff that was only from the 1920s and newer. They come in wide-ranging sizes, but were the Hawaiians' main wood-cutting tool (attached to a wood handle).
Brandon
Image reduced in size at Brandon's suggestion - thank you - Admin
Anyway, these are two Hawaiian artifacts I've found in my own digging adventures. It's not unusual to find these stone implements when digging for bottles, but it's hardly common and was definitely unexpected for me on both occasions. I found the poi (taro) pounder on the left just over a year ago when digging a large (12x20 feet, 5 feet down) 1850-70s trash pit. The top's broken off, but it's still the only pounder I've ever found. The adze in front I found just a couple weeks ago, amazingly digging in stuff that was only from the 1920s and newer. They come in wide-ranging sizes, but were the Hawaiians' main wood-cutting tool (attached to a wood handle).
Brandon
Image reduced in size at Brandon's suggestion - thank you - Admin
