Yes, a wooden boomerang was found in Little Salt Spring, Florida, and is estimated to be around 9,000 years old. The boomerang was broken and discarded by its owner.
A prehistoric boomerang artifact found at an archaeological site in Central Florida.
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Located in Florida in South Eastern North America, Little Salt Spring is a archaeological site which opens an incredible window on ancient civilizations who lived on the cusp of the last ice age 10–15 ooo years ago. the sink hole was freshwater and regularly used by the animals and people that frequented the area.
“A wooden boomerang found by archaeologists in Little Salt Spring in Florida, USA, was broken and discarded by its owner some 9,000 years ago. The portion of an oak throwing stick archaeologists call a “non-returning boomerang.” It is at least 9,000 years old and is similar to weapons found in Australia, ancient Egypt, and Western Europe.”
it is thought to have been used by The Hopi people of Arizona, hunted rabbits with it although there is very little literature about this type of weapon from north America in anthropological literature.
The Hopi people of the American Southwest used a throwing stick called a rabbit stick, or kylie, that was similar to a boomerang:
Origin: The boomerang likely originated from the throwstick, which was used by Stone Age civilizations around the world.
Development: The throwstick was a heavy, non-returning weapon used to stun or kill prey. Over time, the stick became lighter and more curved, and eventually could return to the thrower when thrown vertically.
Use by the Hopi: The Hopi used the rabbit stick as a hunting weapon.
There is also a mural in the Arizona State Capitol called Hopi Boomerang Throwers, which was painted by Lon Megargee between 1913 and 1914.
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Hopi Boomerang Throwers is one of fifteen murals painted by Lon Megargee for the Arizona State Capitol from 1913 to 1914. It depicts two Hopi Indians hunting rabbits with boomerangs. After painting stories and landscapes, Megargee chose the topic of a group hunt. Megargee wrote to Governor Hunt in 1913 that he chose the topic of the Hopi Boomerang thrower because he wanted to show "some good action stuff."
Exploring Ancient Native American Trails: Routes of Survival & Culture
Join us on a journey through the ancient Native American trails that connected tribes across North America for thousands of years. From the Great Trail to the trade routes of the Southwest and Pacific Northwest, discover how these paths were integral to the survival, culture, and traditions of Indigenous peoples. Learn about the historical significance of these trails, the knowledge of the land, and how they shaped the movement and relationships between tribes. Watch this history documentary to uncover the forgotten paths that shaped the continent.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction: The Importance of Native American Trails
0:45 – The Great Trail: Connecting the Iroquois Confederacy and Beyond
2:15 – The Navajo and Apache Trails: Survival in the Southwest
4:00 – Plains Trails: Movement of Bison and Nomadic Tribes
5:30 – Trails of the Pacific Northwest: Coastal and Forest Routes
7:00 – Southeast Trails: The Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Mississippian Routes
8:00 – Conclusion: The Lasting Legacy of Native American Trails
8:30 – Final Thoughts: The Connection to Modern-Day America
From Roman Empire to South America? Carthages Lost Warriors | Documentary
(Please Scroll to 48:40 in the video, but if you want to know the genetic percentage then scroll to 49:30. European ethnic group was mentioned in 50:31)
DNA Analysis
10% - 15% European Origin
85% - 90 % Native American Indian Origin
The people are from Galicia, Northwestern Spain and these people are considered Celts. Galicians speak Castilian Spanish today but as early as the 9th century they spoke Galician-Portuguese.
The Iberian seafarers made a transatlantic voyage from Europe to Brazil. They canoed their way westward on the dense Amazon jungle river to Kuelap - Chachapoyas in Peru around 2,000 years ago. They are considered the first Europeans to arrive in the Americas. Galician seafarers were part of the mighty Roman Empire at the time. It's likely that the seafarers were Galicians and Romans sailing on board the Roman ocean vessels.
Were Celts a seafaring culture? Did other Celtic groups follow them as well? The Celts are found throughout Europe as north as the Scandinavian region or the Arctic region, Iberian region to the west, Northern Italy to the south, Balkan territory to the east. They are found in some parts of the Near East.
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Basic Data on Galician Language
Galician is a Romance language, related to other languages, like Portuguese, Castilian, Catalan, Italian, Romanian or Sardinian, that originated in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula over 2000 years ago. Galician is still the language of most of the population in Galicia.
It is spoken by some 2.2 million people of the total 2.8 million people registered in the Galician census. There is a homogeneous geographic distribution in the use of the language. It is not recorded any territorial area where Galician is not spoken.
This high level of speakers puts Galician in an exceptional situation in comparison with other minority languages, and shows its validity in all kinds of communicative situations in modern life.
How many people do you need to sustain a population?
The so-called "50/500 rule", where a population needs 50 individuals to prevent inbreeding depression, and 500 individuals to guard against genetic drift at-large, is an oft-used benchmark for an MVP, but a recent study suggests that this guideline is not applicable across a wide diversity of taxa.
According to various scientific estimates, a minimum viable human population to sustain life is generally considered to be around 50 individuals to prevent inbreeding depression, with a larger population of 500 individuals needed for greater genetic diversity and long-term sustainability, often referred to as the "50/500 rule.".
Another important question is who brought the Galicians from Europe to Brazil which they eventually end up settling in Kuelap and Chachapoyas in Peru around 2,000 years ago? The Galicians may have brought themselves to the New World since they are geographically situated next to the Atlantic Ocean. Galicians had ships that hugged the seashores, but did they have ships that could travel long distance across unknown open seas? Perhaps they did, but what ocean vessel did they use? Was it their own ships or ships from their neighboring regions in Iberia or ships sent by the Romans? Some historians suggest that the Carthaginians brought them there while fleeing from the Roman invasion. The problem is that Galicia is located in the northwestern area of the Iberian region which was never invaded by the Carthaginians. Historically, Galicia was absorbed into the Roman Empire. Perhaps, Romans brought them to the New World which does suggest to me that much of history was lost to time.
Paracas people were another European or Near eastern group that arrived in Peru around the same time as some people suggest. Could the Paracas and Galicians have known each other before they departed from the Old World to Peru? Arriving in a similar location and around a similar time period is questionable? Was this coincidence or by design? Maybe they traveled together from Europe to Peru.
Galicians and possibly the Romans that were on the ships numbered in the hundreds when they finally arrived in the Americas. The indeterminate amount of people was probably enough to maintain their population in the long run as indicated by the 50/500 rule. The Caucasian people in Kuelap and Chachapoyas in Peru were first documented during the Spanish colonial times in the 16th century, and some more were chronicled in the subsequent centuries. Today, majority of them have already inbreeded with the local native population.
Why would a large population travel to such great lengths 2,000 years ago? Europeans at the time didn't even know much of their own Old World such as Asia or Africa. For them to travel beyond those continents would be considered far-fetch at the time, but somehow it did really happen. Galicians in Peru is an anomaly in the world of history.
The explanations as to why they fled to New World is unrealistic. I have a hard time believing that the Carthaginians and Galicians fled from the Roman invasions to find refuge in a completely unknown continent. They could have just fled to nearby continents such as Asia or Africa. There has to be a realistic explanation as to why this epic voyage occurred. For example, clearly the video showed that some of the structures in Kuelap and Chachapoyas in Peru resembled structures in Galicia. This does suggest that the Galicians were more than just intrepid seafarers, they were also engineers and architects. But that does not explain why they went to a whole new continent. Maybe there was another astounding explanation. Was this an attempt by the Galicians and possibly the Romans to discover another trade route but only to find out that they discovered a whole new continent much like what happened a millennium and a half later in 1492.
