Lakin Adena Tablet #1 from West Virginia replica artifact Carnataurus people often refer to the

people often refer to the coelacanth as a "living fossil

5-6 m) long and lived during the late Cretaceous period

Cartilage is softer than bone and not usually preserved as fossils

and to stimulate further interest on the study of fossils among young readers

Lakin Adena Tablet #1 from West Virginia replica artifact Carnataurus people often refer to theThis is a direct casting replica of an Adena tablet, known as the Lakin tablet found at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The tablet was found by Everette W. Schwartz. The Adena culture was a Pre Columbian Native American culture that existed from 1000 BC to 200 BC, in a time known as the early Woodland Period. The Adena culture refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system. The