Featured today is a squash knife from a Glenwood culture earthlodge site in Mills County! This bone
Featured today is a squash knife from a Glenwood culture earthlodge site in Mills County! This bone knife made from the scapula (shoulder blade) of a bison. The edge of the naturally thin scapula can be easily sharpened with an abrading stone. Scapula knives were used to cut soft materials such as squash, pumpkins, and other vegetables. Bison scapulae were prized for use as hoes and may have been transported to the Glenwood locality over long distances when returning from hunting trips on the Plains. When the hoes were worn out or broken fragments were often reshaped and sharpened for use as knives and other tools. -- source link
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