A Moment of Clarity

This is a quartz crystal projectile point that I found in the Creek house of site 1EE639. It isn't a very nicely made point, but the material that it is made out of is beautiful. While pure quartz crystal like this is available in this area, finding a point made out of it is more rare. I thought the blurred background of the excavation of the Northern side of the house really set this photograph up nicely.

I worked on this site for 8 weeks during the summer of 2008, living in a tent at Fort Toulouse, which is a national historical site located only a couple of miles from this Creek Indian home, in the state of Alabama. It was a very surreal thing, as I liked to imagine that there was regular trading between the Indians living in this home and the fort. And, yes, it was extremely hot. But, we got fans and happily enjoyed every minute of our camp.

This particular house was only a quarter mile away from Hickory Ground and was more than likely a part of that site.