I keep finding stone tools on my property and when I walk my dog I’ll notice some pieces sticking out of the dirt and now the feral chickens are kicking the rocks in the road where they get run over. I try to pick them up but I want to be able to identify what they’re used for. You can tell they’re man manipulated stone, various those of stone some hard and dense and some light volcanic and also really old coral. I thought it was modern coral til I found in my own backyard pieces used for shaping something small and cylindrical. I’ve found hand axe like things that fit perfectly in your hand. You can tell where they’re meant to be gripped (right handed anyway). And pestles, stuff meant to be gripped and rubbed down because they have a smooth flat bottom surface. I have a complete ulumaika. And a broken large adze that’s really really cool because the top 3 sides are polished so smooth, the stone feels soft and it’s perfect rectangular shape was my apple falling on Newton’s head moment. On the surface behind my garage, where it probably broke from the 80yr old construction or the routine lawnmowers, weed eaters that been cutting grass there for decades. I find a lot of the same shaped stuff and yet I don’t know what it’s purpose was for. It kills me I can’t find any information ANYWHERE. I find results for modern artist made stone tools but these are modern reproductions or just how they think they were made. If I can’t find information on what the stone artifacts were used for, I’d like to at least see pictures of other stone artifacts if not all the different ones that have been discovered. Idk why finding this information is so hard to find. 1 year later and a lot of wasted hours searching, I’m frustrated. So now I’ve been looking up other areas around the world of various cultures and finding identical shaped stone tools, usually early examples since we don’t have materials like flint, just mostly basalt. It’s a bit ridiculous at what great lengths I have to go to just to identify the types of stone artifacts that would’ve been important for daily living 200 years ago on the ground I stand on. These are literally everywhere and now getting destroyed by lawnmowers and modern living. I don’t think anyone else notices or cares to look at these rocks closer. But it would be nice to know what’s rare, common, a complete piece compared to possibly broken or unfinished. I live on Haleakala, and I swear some of these stones once had little images on them. It’s hard to find one that hasn’t been worn down. I swear I found a really good one and ruined it by trying to wash the dirt off. I’m not going back to college for this. But seems like everywhere else in the world has information out there on their local stuff. And this video is out of state and yet one of the only researched videos out there. Idk if they’re gate keeping because they want you to physically visit a museum, Gate keeping the knowledge because individuals that know want you to be an apprentice for them which cmon, now isn’t the time to be stingy with that dying knowledge, it should be shared to keep it alive. Or no one cares. I get tidbits from eBay images that look possibly real and old, because a lot of the modern artist stuff looks so non-traditional (it’s trash) so I don’t trust what little info they do say. There’s like 2 or 3 old guys Ive found vids of but they have examples for a handful of stuff. I want a glossary or reference book of some kind! 😩
Aloha Does Tom still live in Hawaii? If so, has he been to Kalalau valley on Kauai? I'm not an archaeologist but Kalalau seems to throw out the mainstream narrative on colonization of Hawaii. From what I've read, the first Polynesians are said to have landed on the big island and then slowly moved north to the other islands. This confuses me because Kalalau is way more developed than the valleys on the other islands and Wainiha valley is way more developed but private property owned by the Robinsons. I secretly recorded a conversation with one of the Robinsons and asked if I could go into Wainiha valley to photograph the terraces and he said no because he was afraid he would loose the property if the photos made it out to the public. It's 20,000 acres of terrace after terrace and temple sites everywhere. What I'm trying to say is, Hawaii was fully occupied when the Polynesians arrived and it's been occupied for thousands of years. I can prove this if you come to Kauai. Mahalo
I keep finding stone tools on my property and when I walk my dog I’ll notice some pieces sticking out of the dirt and now the feral chickens are kicking the rocks in the road where they get run over.
I try to pick them up but I want to be able to identify what they’re used for. You can tell they’re man manipulated stone, various those of stone some hard and dense and some light volcanic and also really old coral. I thought it was modern coral til I found in my own backyard pieces used for shaping something small and cylindrical.
I’ve found hand axe like things that fit perfectly in your hand. You can tell where they’re meant to be gripped (right handed anyway). And pestles, stuff meant to be gripped and rubbed down because they have a smooth flat bottom surface. I have a complete ulumaika.
And a broken large adze that’s really really cool because the top 3 sides are polished so smooth, the stone feels soft and it’s perfect rectangular shape was my apple falling on Newton’s head moment. On the surface behind my garage, where it probably broke from the 80yr old construction or the routine lawnmowers, weed eaters that been cutting grass there for decades.
I find a lot of the same shaped stuff and yet I don’t know what it’s purpose was for. It kills me I can’t find any information ANYWHERE.
I find results for modern artist made stone tools but these are modern reproductions or just how they think they were made. If I can’t find information on what the stone artifacts were used for, I’d like to at least see pictures of other stone artifacts if not all the different ones that have been discovered.
Idk why finding this information is so hard to find. 1 year later and a lot of wasted hours searching, I’m frustrated.
So now I’ve been looking up other areas around the world of various cultures and finding identical shaped stone tools, usually early examples since we don’t have materials like flint, just mostly basalt.
It’s a bit ridiculous at what great lengths I have to go to just to identify the types of stone artifacts that would’ve been important for daily living 200 years ago on the ground I stand on. These are literally everywhere and now getting destroyed by lawnmowers and modern living. I don’t think anyone else notices or cares to look at these rocks closer. But it would be nice to know what’s rare, common, a complete piece compared to possibly broken or unfinished.
I live on Haleakala, and I swear some of these stones once had little images on them. It’s hard to find one that hasn’t been worn down. I swear I found a really good one and ruined it by trying to wash the dirt off. I’m not going back to college for this. But seems like everywhere else in the world has information out there on their local stuff. And this video is out of state and yet one of the only researched videos out there.
Idk if they’re gate keeping because they want you to physically visit a museum,
Gate keeping the knowledge because individuals that know want you to be an apprentice for them which cmon, now isn’t the time to be stingy with that dying knowledge, it should be shared to keep it alive.
Or no one cares.
I get tidbits from eBay images that look possibly real and old, because a lot of the modern artist stuff looks so non-traditional (it’s trash) so I don’t trust what little info they do say.
There’s like 2 or 3 old guys Ive found vids of but they have examples for a handful of stuff. I want a glossary or reference book of some kind! 😩
We are contacting the presenter Tom Martel and either he or we will get back to you.
Aloha
Does Tom still live in Hawaii? If so, has he been to Kalalau valley on Kauai? I'm not an archaeologist but Kalalau seems to throw out the mainstream narrative on colonization of Hawaii. From what I've read, the first Polynesians are said to have landed on the big island and then slowly moved north to the other islands. This confuses me because Kalalau is way more developed than the valleys on the other islands and Wainiha valley is way more developed but private property owned by the Robinsons. I secretly recorded a conversation with one of the Robinsons and asked if I could go into Wainiha valley to photograph the terraces and he said no because he was afraid he would loose the property if the photos made it out to the public. It's 20,000 acres of terrace after terrace and temple sites everywhere. What I'm trying to say is, Hawaii was fully occupied when the Polynesians arrived and it's been occupied for thousands of years. I can prove this if you come to Kauai.
Mahalo