Before there was pre-Columbian art
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Horses went extinct in North America shortly after the last Ice Age. If our conservative estimation is correct, when these Stone Age artifacts were first stacked, horses wouldn’t re-emerge in North America for another 11,500 years when the Spaniards arrived. The Paleo-Indians of this Spoon River archaeological site may have been the first to use iron in the virgin form of hematite tools. It would be another 10,500 years before the invention of the bow & arrow. It will be 10,000 years before Mayan civilization rises above the jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula. It will be 9,500 years before the first known carved stone figurine and the invention of durable pottery. Fish hooks wouldn't be invented for another 8,500 years. On the other side of the world it will be about 7,400 years before the Egyptians build their first pyramid. These stones were "pre-Columbian" art 7,000 years before the Stonehenge calendar. Over 600 generations of humans have come and gone. This Stone Age Indian art may be the oldest known portable art in the Americas, yet ironically, it wasn't portable to the Paleo Indian River Owl. If it had, it would have long been scattered through time. These stones have intersected with life on Earth for 354 million years, giving them a triple history: They formed around sea life at the end of the Devonian Period when life took a foothold on land; were held captive within a glacier that traveled 300 miles during the last Ice Age; were held and admired by stone age people; and now have come to us as a rare gift. The people who made and appreciated this "pre-Columbian" art were not just North American Indians, they were Stone-Age men and women. But stone age man was not dumb, he just had limited resources. The River Owl could not leave behind cave paintings. But they did leave us with a simple and effective art-form casting beauty, humor and insight into their lives. Ponder these ancient stones – a long-lost story of how life was – when the clan of the River Owl touched this earth. About Us Delores and the Author... Delores E. Hampton has a daughter, Chrystal, and a son, Daniel, from a previous marriage. Both children are now grown and happily married. Delores is a graduate of Spoon River College and holds an Associates Degree in Agricultural Management and Wildlife Conservation and holds numerous certificates in animal husbandry. She has devoted her life to animals and is currently an animal keeper at Wildlife Prairie State Park in Illinois. Delores's Native American ancestry is one-eighth Apache and one-eighth Cherokee.
Steven M. Hampton has studied eastern and western philosophy under a score of noted and respected teachers since 1974. He studied and practiced Gnostic Christianity, Hinduism, and yoga. He has been a practicing Buddhist of both the Nyingma and the Karma Kagyü lineages of Tibetan Buddhism under the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche since 1976. He has also studied and practice Tibetan White Crane Kung Fu and 3,000-year-old traditional Chinese medicine under Grand Master Dr. Lucjan Shila in Boulder, Colorado. He has been a student of anthropology and archaeology since 1989 and has done independent research at the University of Colorado. He is currently researching the Paleo-Indians of the Spoon River valley. Steve's Native American ancestry is one-eighth Blackfoot. Steve is also an inventor who holds two patents on a new type of aerospace engine. The River Owl Collection
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