Early Agriculture
Manual cradle to harvest grain
Iowa Corn Grower's exhibit
Settler farmyard
Pioneer Women
Farming on the Frontier
A Good Horse Made All the Difference
Winter on the Farm
Soil and Hogs
Early Corn Picking
A Bison Jump
Scapula Hoe
Scapula Hoe
Time Frame: 900
Bone hoes were made of the scapula (shoulder blade) of bison and elk.These hoes have notched edges that probably made it easier to haft them to handles made from sturdy wooden shafts.
Illustrated by Mary Slattery, Will Thomson, and David Crawford
Office of the State Archeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 6 - Glenwood Culture
Office of the State Archeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 6 - Glenwood Culture
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