Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com
Did you know that the Treasure Coast has one of the most important Ice Age sites in North America? We do. It is known as the Old Vero Man site in Vero Beach.
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| Famous Mammoth Bone Carving Found by James Kennedy Photo from Palm Beach Post link below. |
I've mentioned this site before in this blog and once attended a conference in Vero about the world-famous mammoth carving that showed that men lived along with mammoths in Florida during the Ice Age.
Artifacts from the dig will be analysed and then returned to Vero Beach for display.
Here is the source of that story.
http://www.mercyhurst.edu/mu-news/news/research/2013/december/vero
Not surprisingly the article fails to mention the local amateur who found the most famous artifact from that site, James Kennedy.
Here is a link to how James discovered the famous carving on the bone after he had the bone stored under his sink for three years.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/prehistoric-vero-beach-carving-may-be-americas-old/nL5GT/
Lead ingots from old Roman shipwrecks are used to line modern equipment used in dark matter research creating a controversy between archaeologists and physicists. The old lead ingots are well suited to the purpose, being less radioactive.
Archaeologists don't think the ingots from the past should be used up for modern scientific research. The article questions which is the most important, an item form the past or research for the future.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ancient-roman-lead-physics-archaeology-controversy
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| Tlingit War Helmet Discovered in Science Museum. |
Where is the best place to search for lost ancient artifacts? In museum storage vaults. Of course, in addition to being hidden and forgotten, they also could be misidentified or unidentified.
The helmet shown here was recently discovered after many years of not seeing light of day.
How could something so nice be forgotten for so long?
Below is the link to the story.
http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/news/view/762-a_hidden_treasure_revealed_rare_tlingit_war_helmet_discovered_at_springfield_science_museum
The surf on the Treasure Coast is around three feet today. It will be increasing to about five feet by Christmas.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
