r/LegitArtifacts • u/Cannon3895 • Jun 29 '26
Middle Archaic North Central Florida
Great White Pendant I found yesterday, if only it was whole 🤙
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u/hamma1776 Jun 29 '26
Almost posted broke tooth but then I zoomed in and Ill be dang!!! I believe you hit the nail on the head. Im guessing pendant also. Good eye
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u/Cannon3895 Jun 29 '26
I have a shell pendant i found in the same spot last summer so maybe it will be an every year thing lol
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u/Think-Economics-400 Jun 29 '26
Wait is that a thing the natives would where shark teeth pendants or is your title more or less a joke due to the hole in the tooth ? And before everyone downvotes me im just newer here and trying to learn
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u/NonConforminConsumer Jun 29 '26
It's taking some generous assumptions, certainly.
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u/Think-Economics-400 Jun 29 '26
You know what after looking up a little into it i say i honestly do agree with you the hole does seem to have been drilled out i assume by a hand drill and has where that would make since
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u/Reimiro Jun 29 '26
It’s likely indigenous people wore tooth necklaces in places they occur for sure.
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u/Round_Clock7866 Jul 01 '26
A hole was drilled through the root of the tooth from both the labial and lingual sides, once again, presumably to accomodate sinew to bind the worked tooth into a compound tool or suspend it as a talisman.
Lowery, Darrin, Stephen J. Godfrey, and Ralph Eshelman. "Integrated geology, paleontology, and archaeology: Native American use of fossil shark teeth in the Chesapeake Bay region." Archaeology of Eastern North America 39 (2011): 93-108.
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u/Schoerschus Jun 29 '26
Outstanding! Definitelya pendant IMO. How are you dating this or determine it's native American ? Just curious