Gregory Perino found a unique shark-tooth club at Mound 34 at Cahokia in 1953. The maple-wood club had imitation shark teeth made from limestone embedded in it, a copper cap and a size roughly comparable to a tennis racket. Additional pieces, including broken shark teeth, were recovered from Perino's backfill in 2007. It is the only known example of its kind found in the United States and is displayed at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Unique shark-tooth club from Cahokia Mound 34 found in 1953
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Key facts
- Gregory Perino found the club in 1953 at Mound 34 at Cahokia, not in the Ramey Field in 1948.
- The maple-wood club incorporated imitation shark teeth made from limestone, rather than real great white shark teeth and flint replicas.
- It was capped with copper and was about the size of a tennis racket.
- Additional pieces, including broken shark teeth, were recovered from Perino's backfill in 2007.
- The club is displayed at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- It is the only known shark-tooth club of this kind found in the United States.
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This bone point was found several years ago on the Cahokia Mounds site. The missing barb was restored by Greg Perino. This point is a classic ...
Full text of "The Wisconsin archeologist" - Internet Archivearchive.org
Full text of "The Wisconsin archeologist". See other formats. reference collection book Kansas city public library Kansas city, missouri From the collection ...
Shark's tooth club - PaleoPlanet - Tapatalktapatalk.com
Here's a reconstruction of one of the shark's tooth clubs, found at Cahokia. The original club had 5 great white shark's teeth and 8 flint ...
Mound 34 – Cahokia Mounds State Historic Sitecahokiamounds.org
In 1956, the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, carried out a project under the direction of a local amateur, Gregory Perino.
"cahokia mounds" shark's tooth clubsflintknapper.com
In 1948, Gregory Perino unearthed a shark's tooth club in the Ramey field at Cahokia Mounds. The original club was not intact but had been hit by the plow.
Gregory Perino - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopediaalchetron.com
Greg Perino was a self-taught professional archaeologist, author, consultant, and the last living founder of the Illinois State Archaeological ...
Gregory Perino Obituary (2005) - Idabel, ILlegacy.com
Gregory Perino Gregory Herman Perino, 91, of Idabel, Okla., born Feb. 25, 1914, in St. Helena, N.C., died Monday, July 4, 2005, at Owasso, Okla.,
Gregory Perinoflintknapper.com
Greg traveled, with archaeologists and other interested amateurs, around Cahokia Mounds and other archaeological sites in the American Bottoms.
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