Friday, November 4, 2011

A Chance Encounter in Utah's Backcountry...a flintknapped knife

I found this flintknapped  knife out on Cedar Mesa last month. I have traveled to Mexico, Honduras, the Cayman Islands, and other amazing locales during the past year, but this knife was by far the most intriguing experience I have had. I imagined the owner living in this land, making a life for themselves, feeling the desert heat, the cold of the winter, the howling winds, and the faucet like rain washing away the dust built up from the weeks before. I imagine the owner thanking the gods for the rain to quench their thirst, to water their crops, and to bring more life to the plants and animals in the region. I can imagine the owner sitting down to skin a rabbit, cooking their food over an open fire and using the knife to cut pieces off the main carcass. I can imagine the owner sitting down, setting the knife down and walking away...forgetting about it until a bald history teacher a thousand years later finds it peeking out of the sand.


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