Some old hard stone finds

[joshuaream]

Several years back I had a job selling building materials (rebar, cement, tiles, etc.) in the Caribbean and I got to spend a lot of time visiting construction sites and identifying archaeological sites on many of islands.

Over 8 years I managed to piece together (digging/surface find) this grouping of jade/greenstone mini-celts made by the Barrancoid Culture. The much later Taino sites on top of these sites were dug years ago, but locals never went below that layer into the earlier deposits. Below these deposits there is the occasional Archaic tool, but not a lot of material.

Most of the these sites are now hotels, parking lots or Casinos. This is probably one of my favorite frames.

[uniface]

Wow !!!!!!!

[flintseeker]

Remarkable! That jade is gorgeous!

Shane

[comanche]

Beautiful Stuff Josh.
Thanks for sharing////c

[Rick Hicks]

Outstanding and beautiful pieces. A frame to be proud of!

[neralich]

Bad A$$!!!
Unreal beauty,, more close-ups!!!!

[Steve Valentine]

Awesome looking pieces Joshua. Thanks for sharing them with us.

[ghost recon]

Very nice, the material is fantastic. Great work rescuing those beauties.

[homestyle]

Wow! Exceptional examples and I really like the green material. Thanks for sharing those beauties.

[rmartin]

Joshua. I absolutely love Jades and those are some nice ones!