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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Ancient Anasazi hide scraper

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Ancient Anasazi hide scraper. The scraper has a curvature shape design on the bottom scraping side for the hide which was placed on a out cropping rock. With the hides under side up, the hide locked firmly on to the rock so it wouldn't slide. Pressure from this tool with a side scraping motion prepared the hide for tanning by removing the membrane tissue.

Ancient Anasazi grinding pestle

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An ancient grinding pestle. A much earlier tool than that of the Mano and Metate, used by the women of the Anasazi to grind corn and herbs for cooking and pulverizing plant material for color pigments used in paints for ceremonial events and religious applications.

Anasazi Meditation Prayer stone

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Ancient Anasazi meditation prayer stone made of mudstone. The Meditation prayer stone is of a tear drop shape; smoothed to fit comfortably and held in hand. Designed to rub the thumb back and forth to create a soothing relaxed concentation state while meditating. The Anasazi used this tool as an aid to help in meditation while in prayer to reach a higher conscious level of spiritual awareness.

Ancient Anasazi Fire starter

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The size of this fire starter was made for the ease of placing this tool into a pouch along with a fire pump drill that was disassembled to take along on trade routes which these ancient traders would walk for many miles and would be away from their homes for months at a time. The use of a fire drill stick end point was set in the hole, burnable grass was placed around in the bowl. A rapid turning motion was achieved from the fire drill stick end which created friction heat that would start to smoke and smolder. It was then transfered to another waiting pile to start their fires.

Bottom side of arrow shaft maker

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To the right side of the stone tool image, you can see; look closely ( click on picture for close view. ) at the partial hole that is drilled on the very edge of the hole. This thin stone line between the hole bored completely through and the partial hole creates the scraping blade edge. The size of the hole on the bottom side ( shown ) tapers from large to smaller size for consistent same diameter size of arrow shafts.

Anasazi Arrow shaft maker

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An ancient Anasazi ( Lost Technology ) Arrow Shaft Maker. Made of hard stone with a smooth hole bored 13/16" on top and tapers down to 7/16." Finger tip grips were included in this design for a tight grip hold with a scrape blade edge on the bottom side. This tool was used in a vertical motion, the hole on top is bigger to be able to see the work being done. A smooth tapered bore was created for arrow shaft diameter consistency. This tool is considered lost technology. Universally excepted of a simpler design of arrow shaft tools priorly recovered consist of a flat rock with a straight line groove in the center, makes the width diameter of an arrow shaft. This arrow shaft maker on the other hand, was ingeniously designed to have the wood branch to be formed into an arrow shaft, pass through the stone which was used in an up and down vertical motion. This very creative design tool was discovered at an ancient site. Strong evidence suggests that the Anasazi who occupied the area of this ancient pit house village were killed off by the arrival of other hostile peoples ( Who eventually became known as the Navajo and Apache ) killed the ancient agriculturalists, including the man who tooled this superior design which did not expand further shared knowledge as a well designed tool for creating the arrow shaft, and therefore became lost technology many hundreds of years earlier. The simpler design had been known and excepted as the only design of arrow shaft maker.


Monday, October 29, 2007

Ancient Anasazi mudstone Shaman's Medicine whistle { first earliest; primitive wind instrument known discovered. A earlier predecessor of the flute }


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Artifact discovery by: Robert J. Thomas


The artifact piece pictured above, is a very primitive Pre - columbian ancient Anasazi Shamans Medicine whistle. Hand-crafted of mudstone from Basketmaker I era. (1,000 + B.C.)

{ Mudstone is a sedimentary rock.Through time, originally clay material that has become petrified hardened. It is formed when small particles become deposited over time and the mass of the upper layers exerts pressure on the lower layers, compacting them into rock, to a fine and even texture. Indigenous to the Southwest Colorado 4 corners area.}

The Anasazi of the American Southwest 4 corners region were between the height of less than 5' to 5' 2" with Mongolian features. Accomplished agriculturalists who began a sedentary way of life from nomadic roamers; hunter gatherers, settled in small communities scattered across the Southwest in pit house villages. The structure of their homes called kivas which were sizable circular pits dug in the ground with wooden thatched roof tops, eventually became the center of their religious practices found in numerous locations at Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.


To become a Shaman it takes many years of religious prayer, instruction, and disciplined preparation. The whistle is then passed down to the spiritually attuned Shaman, as it had been traditionally done in the past to other practicing Shaman medicine men for many generations before. Deservingly; he was a highly respected far- seer of spiritual guides, as the whistles resonating pitch sounded to summon the creator of all; 'The great spirit' of important sacred ceremonial religious events.

This ancient whistle is the earliest known primitive wind instrument discovered that is completely intact and in excellent condition, with at least 3 distinct pitches.

The whistle was discovered by myself which was laid in position on it's side less than 1/4" exposed from the soil surface. The hole was impacted completely full with dirt that had been unknowningly previously dug out 20 years earlier for land development in Southwest Colorado on private property. This Whistle had been buried for many, many hundreds of years.


The ancient Anasazi are thought to have inhabited approximately 40,000 square mile area.
As an example of the whistles size in comparison to the known area of occupation of 40,000 square miles; about roughly the size area of the state of Kentucky. There are 21 trillion, 807 billion, 104 million cubic yards ( 3ft.x 3ft.x 3ft. deep ) of potential location possibilities of another find. Could there be another... ? or could it even be possible to even find another ...? This is not likely.

This artifact is the only one known single holed whistle made of mudstone discovered in the Americas. Other multiple holed wind instruments have been recovered at Mesa Verde cliff Dwellings dating from A.D. 1025 - 1325 have been made from two other materials, either stone of a lime chert concretion or bone from large rodents and eagle bone.
This ancient wind instrument was hand chiped with a hole bored completely through at a deliberate angle with a raised air chamber. Slightly larger in size of a U.S. silver dollar, this whistle is thought to have been used for sacred ceremonial and religious prayer rituals.
After extensive research, it is believed that this wind instrument is a predecessor to the Ocarina and Native American flute before music was developed for pleasure and cultural identity. The area of this whistles discovery is approximately 30 miles east of Mesa Verde.
Occupying mesa plateaus and valleys in the area of the LaPlata River and it's tributaries in what is now known as Southwest Colorado.
The Anasazi constructed pit house villages as early as 5,000 B.C., prior to Cliff house dwellings during the early second century.
The eventual arrival of hostile peoples forced the ancient Puebloans from their pit houses to the cliff dwellings. A new style of building begun at around A.D. 600, with multiple level pueblos at Mesa Verde for the advantage of a much more secure location.
To date, acoustically distinct clay instruments have been found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and Peru. This mudstone whistle is the only known example in all of North America, with it's Circular shape and primitive one hole design.


The term " Anasazi " is actually a Navajo word; borrowed by Archaeologists meaning, " Ancient enemy or Ancient ones." To the Native Hopi; ' Hisatsinom. '

Blue is considered a sacred color among most Native Americans in the Southwest; representing the color of the blue sky. There is still traces of blue pigment visible despite being buried for many centuries under the soil, remnants of this instrument's true painted color.
Since the Anasazi have no written recorded language, their actual cultural name they called themselves will never be known.
This whistle was used by the highly important of the clan and respected Shaman to heal the sick... in order to secure safe passage to the spirit world; ceremonies for the dead, bountiful harvests, prayers for rain, and prosperous hunting.



(Book ref. Indians in the Americas: The untold story. pg. 134-135 by: Paul Tice ; A book tree publication. )
"Whistles are considered by many Archaeologists to be the forerunner of the American Indian flute. The whistle has always been a sacred object. Flutes date back to at least 5,000 years and may have evolved from whistles. They have been found in ancient Greece, and flutes made from pelican bones were discovered in ancient south American pyramids. This ancient Instrument traveled into MesoAmerica and into the Anasazi culture of the southwest area of America."


One of the Greatest mysteries of this whistle and of it's purpose,... " Todays modern man will never be able to truly fathom the meaning and power behind this whistle. Unfortunately, Man has deviated from the understanding of Earth's grand design rhythms and the natural balance of Natures intended order. " R.T.


The Smithsonian Institute has 800 whistles listed in their inventory. There is no record description of a single holed design made from mudstone material.


Published author of a featured article in Ancient American Magazine September's 2007 Issue; Vol. 12 # 75. www.ancientamerican.com/issue75.htm
This whistle can also been seen and heard as a featured story at
viewzone.com/ Anasazi shaman whistle under 'lost history'
For further interest of the acquisition for museum exhibit of this Ancient Anasazi Shaman whistle, contact robertthomas64@excite.com



Southwest Turquoise

Calumet ~ peace pipe

Southwest pottery art

Southwest  pottery art

Anasazi Shaman Medicine prayer whistle ~ click on picture for link to viewzone.com article

Ancient pit house village site; Southwest Colorado

Ancient pit house village site; Southwest Colorado
aerial photo of the location of artifacts discovery


Anasazi Shaman whistle. A pub. article featured in this Magazine vol. 12; Issue # 75 ~ Sept. 2007

Anasazi Shaman whistle. A pub. article featured in this Magazine  vol. 12;  Issue # 75 ~ Sept. 2007
Archaeological magazine published feature article of author Robert Thomas ' Anasazi Shaman Medicine Whistle ' pg. 6

Earliest know discovered Anasazi Shaman Medicine Prayer Whistle; Southwest Colorado

Earliest know discovered Anasazi Shaman  Medicine Prayer Whistle;  Southwest Colorado
Click on 2007 ~ just below the spinning gecko ~ for a detailed article of the ~ Earliest primitive known ancient wind Instrument, a Shaman's Medicine Whistle. The single holed whistle is made of mudstone before firing clay was achieved ( ceramic clay ) This Anasazi whistle is much earlier than the Aztec whistle from Mexico.

pictue below ~ 2 - hole Aztec fired ceramic clay whistle from Mexico

pictue below  ~  2 - hole Aztec fired ceramic clay whistle from Mexico
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Hopi Shaman Medicine men

Hopi Shaman Medicine men