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This page features Ancient Indian
arrowheads and artifacts from the Archaic time era which are between 3,000
to 10,000 years old! |
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| DIAR2 |
A very stunning and quite
colorful tan, red, mottled |
Recovered in
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gray, blue, orange, pink
and cream colored Flint |
Putnam Co., OH
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Ridge flint Lost Lake having multiple crystal veins
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adding to it's already exceptional character. It's
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very well flaked on both faces by a very advanced
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knapper, although it does have a few slight steps
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Ex: Paul Paning
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where the host stone didn't cooperate with the
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Ex: Harold Christopher |
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knapping process. Just a great, outstanding artifact |
Davis
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| DIAR1 |
An absolutely gorgeous
light gray, tan and red |
Recovered in
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1,400.00 |
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chert classic Pinetree,
well flaked on both |
Harrison Co., IN
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faces. It has a lateral shear, which was the
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ancient knapper's "Oopsie" (as it was made)
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(details to buyer)
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extending from one corner of the base,
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Ex: Gene Lentz |
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diagonally to the top of one notch. (Photos 5 |
Jackson COA |
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& 7) Still a highly attractive
artifact |
Davis
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| RPAR5 |
A beautiful light tan,
creamy white and light gray chert Pulaski |
Recovered in |
650.00 |
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blade form which has great
symmetry and eye appeal. It has |
Washington Co., IL |
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good horizontal transverse flaking pattern to both
faces
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coupled with intricate secondary pressure flaking to
the
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cutting edges. It has good basal grinding and is "all
there" as it |
Ex: Art Nirscher |
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was anciently used. An exceptional piece considering
that the |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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age is between 5,000 and 8,000 years old! |
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| RUAR2 |
A very nice, quite large
mottled gray and brown Indiana |
Undocumented, most likely |
650.00 |
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hornstone Dovetail blade.
It's fairly well flaked on both |
judging from the material,
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faces and is just beginning to show the first signs of
left- |
Kentucky |
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hand beveling. It has a couple of usage wear marks to
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one edge (photo 6) and also has slightly serrated
edges
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from ancient resharpenings |
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| MBAR32 |
A mottled pink, gray,
off-white and red salmon flint |
Found in Missouri |
250.00 |
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Decatur Blade form which
is well worked on both |
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faces. I think that some of the coloration at least
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was from a heat treatment stage. Sure is a beauty!
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Jackson COA |
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| RPAR28 |
An attractive midnight blue
flint Graham Cave Knife form having a |
Found in Louisiana |
125.00 |
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single vertical black vein
running down it's centerline. Both surfaces |
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show traces of the initial
percussion flaking stage, with secondary |
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pressure flaking along all edges. It has a "hollow"
section in the center |
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of side B where weaker sections of the host material
fell away in
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ancient times. It shows substantial river polish on
both faces which
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gave this piece a nice glossy appearance and smoothed
out the
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flaking ridgelines without detracting from the ancient
flaking patterns. |
Ex: Perino |
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| RPAR27 |
A very light gray flint
Calf Creek Knife form, |
Recovered in Arkansas |
150.00 |
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well flaked on both faces
and anciently |
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resharpened down to the point where it lost one |
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complete tang. Quite a fascinating ancient tool. |
Ex: Perino |
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| RPAR26 |
A very wicked mottled tan
chert hook-nosed Etley Shaft Scraper |
Recovered from |
250.00 |
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showing excellent
mineralization. It's well flaked on both faces, mostly |
NW Arkansas |
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by percussion flaking and has the slightest spider
bite to the top edge at |
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the very end of the scraping hook. (photo 5) It kind
of baffles me why,
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with so much host stone material left, that this one
would be relegated
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to the simple task of scraping atlatl shafts, when a
tool half it's size
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could have been used just as well. I can only surmise
that this was a
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tool used with a dual purpose, probably as a Knife
blade as well as a
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shaft scraper, as was more common during the Paleo
period. |
Ex: Perino |
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| LSAR109 |
A nice, sturdy light gray
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Otero Co., NM |
85.00 |
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chert Bajada point |
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| LSAR108 |
A mottled brown, tan and |
Otero Co., NM |
90.00 |
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gray diagonally banded chert |
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Rio Grande dart point
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| LSAR103 |
An interesting
grayish-purple chert |
Otero Co., NM |
70.00 |
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Palmillas dart point. Flaking patterns |
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are thorough but mostly nondescript |
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| LSAR70 |
A light mottled blue-gray
chert |
Undocumented, |
45.00 |
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Ensor arrowhead having thorough |
most likely Texas |
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flaking patterns, one missing tang,
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anciently lost and what appears to
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be a single fire-pop from the
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surface of side B just below the tip |
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| LSAR69 |
A most interesting and
attractive blue |
Central Texas |
40.00 |
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chert Lerma knife blade showing
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a few sections of the original white
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rind from the host stone. It has a slight |
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ancient clip travelling over the surface
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of the face of side B from the tip, and
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shows as the lighter triangular section |
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at the tip in the 4th photograph
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| MCAR1 |
A nice tan and light gray
chert Conejo Arrowhead, well flaked on |
Found outside of Portales |
50.00 |
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both faces and having a
slight diagonal furrow (photo 7) caused by |
in Eastern New Mexico |
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a section of the host material which "fell away"
during the pressure |
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flaking stage. It has light basal grinding and quite a
few slight, more |
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recent chips to it's edges caused from improper
storage. |
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| MCAR2 |
A light blue-gray and tan
chert Escobas Knife form, well flaked on |
Found near Albuquerque, NM |
125.00 |
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both faces, mostly by
percussion flaking with very fine pressure flaking |
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to the cutting edges in a right handed bevel fashion.
It's fairly thick and
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sturdy as most knife forms are and it has good basal
grinding.
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| RPAR9 |
A pretty nice off-white
chert Angostura dart point having |
Recovered in |
200.00 |
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reddish-brown mineral
inclusions which give it a slightly |
Bastrop Co., TX |
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veined pattern. It's well flaked (although not
exceptionally |
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so) on both faces to a median ridge. It has nice
desert
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polish, good mineralization and basal grinding. Not a
bad |
Ex: Patterson |
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specimen, not one to jump up and down about (unless
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Ex: Greg Perino |
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you were the original finder), but not a bad piece. |
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| RPAR10 |
A very attractive, 2-shades
of light blue flint Dovetail Blade Form |
Recovered in |
150.00 |
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which, despite numerous
ancient re-sharpenings is still quite a sturdy |
Bond Co., IL |
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piece. It's thoroughly and well flaked on both faces
with moderate
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left handed beveling. It has good basal grinding and
is asymmetrical
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from ancient sharpenings, so much so on the left edge in photo
2,
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that I'm surprised it didn't take out the thinnish
barb above the
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Ex: Marion Dickson |
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notch, but this little guy still hung in there! Quite
a pretty piece. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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| RPAR11 |
A fairly thin, light tan
dull chert Bynum Arrowhead. It's |
Recovered in |
100.00 |
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thoroughly and well flaked
on side A, side B also |
Phillips Co., AR |
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shows detailed flaking patterns around the edges, but
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retains a long diagonal section from the original
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percussion flaking stage. (photo 4, left side) It has
good |
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basal grinding and just a hint at left handed beveling
on
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both faces. The very tip has a slight ancient nick.
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| RPAR14 |
A VERY large and impressive
white burlington chert Late |
Recovered in |
625.00 |
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Archaic Mehlville Knife
form having very deep basal |
Lewis Co., MO |
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notches. Flaking is mostly percussion and is thorough
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both faces with secondary pressure flaking around all
of the
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edges. Essentially a problem-free monster of an
artifact
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Ex: Greg Perino, Tom Davis, |
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which deserves centerpiece status in a worthy
collection. |
Martin, Swanger collections |
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| RPAR15 |
A LARGE off-white, tan and
light gray burlington chert |
Recovered in |
550.00 |
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Dovetail Preform which was
probably used as a |
Calhoun Co., IL |
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butchering knife blade in the interim. Quite an
exceptional |
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piece formed by mostly percussion flaking and having
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some (sparse) secondary pressure flaking to the edges.
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Ex: Greg Perino |
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great candidate for the centerpiece of a worthy
collection. |
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| RPAR17 |
A fairly large, very broad
and sturdy light brown chert Early Archaic Simonsen |
Recovered in |
150.00 |
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Knife form very well
flaked on both faces but having ancient damage to one |
Limestone Co., AL |
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basal ear and the tang above it, right side in photo 1
and photos 6 & 8. These
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photos show a lateral fracture travelling up from one
corner of the basal ear with |
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an ancient clip to the corresponding side's barb. The
opposite side of the base
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Ex: Dickson |
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has a smaller ancient nick to the stem's ear. Still a
huge piece which displays well. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| RPAR18 |
A medium-sized off-white
burlington chert Archaic Neuberger |
Recovered in Pike Co., IL |
220.00 |
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Knife form which is
thoroughly flaked on both faces but having a |
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small, 1/4" stubborn section which left a single
diagonal step just
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above the centerline near the left cutting edge in
photo 3. It shows |
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quite a bit of usage wear marks to the cutting edges
and is missing |
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the tip of one tang. (left side in photo 7) It has a
most unusual
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very thin through-and-through quartz crystal vein
running
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diagonally across the face. (photos 3, 5 & 6) A very
well used
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ancient knife blade which leans towards the "Plain
Jane" side.
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Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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A very light brown flint
Lange Knife form which is quite thin and |
Recovered in |
220.00 |
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well made. It has a nice
mixture of percussion flaking and |
SE Texas |
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pressure flaking patterns on both faces in a very
random
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pattern. It has 2 slight nicks on the same edge of the
blade, one
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at the centerline, the other closer to the tip. (left
side of photo 1) |
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It also has a slight nick to the stem's edge near the
left corner in
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photo 5 and the very tip of one shoulder was nicked
off in
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ancient times. (left side in photo 6) WHEW!... that
sounds like a |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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lot of damage, but it's not... this one's still lookin' pretty good |
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| RPAR20 |
A very attractive blue
flint Turkey Tail Hebron having powdery tan |
Recovered in |
250.00 |
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coloration on and just
above the stem from the outer cortex of the |
Saint Clair Co., IL |
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host stone. It's fairly thin and well flaked on both
faces, mostly by
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percussion flaking to the main body with pressure
flaking to the
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edges. It has an ancient usage nick to each of the
cutting edges
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above the horizontal centerline which can readily be
seen in photo 5 |
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and a spider bite to the tip. Overall, not a bad
looking piece at all. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| RPAR21 |
A medium tan flint LaJita
Knife form (classified by "the master", |
Recovered in |
200.00 |
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although I think it looks
more like a Lange, you decide) which is |
Bandera Co., TX |
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fairly thin and sparsely flaked on both faces with
most of the flaking |
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patterns being from the initial direct percussion
stage. It has some
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pressure flaking patterns, mostly around the outer
edges.
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| RPAR22 |
A fairly long and quite
broad (for type) attractive tan and gray chert |
Recovered in |
375.00 |
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Angostura Dart point/knife
form having an overall pleasant yellowish |
Winn Parish, LA |
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patina hue to the
surfaces. Flaking patterns are mostly random on |
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side A, while side B shows
an attempt at oblique transverse flaking |
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(left side of photo 3) coupled with more random
patterns on the
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remainder of the surface on this side. It has an
ancient nick on one
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cutting edge near the tip. (left side in photo 3 and
close-up in photo 8)
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It has heavy Paleo-style basal grinding and is overall
an attractive
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Ex: Greg Perino |
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piece with heavy surface weathering and polish. |
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Okay, guys, this question's
for extra credit... with only looking |
Recovered in Central Texas |
125.00 |
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at the ashy caliche
deposits, can anyone guess what state this |
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one came from? Texas is right! (the ashy caliche
deposits, which |
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I haven't seen with the same abundance on artifacts
from other
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states are a very common trait on a great multitude of
artifacts
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recovered from the great state of Texas) A well-used
mottled
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brownish-gray chert Neosho Knife Blade formed
exclusively by |
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percussion flaking. It's quite a work-horse of a blade
and has
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nicks to both barbs, as shown in photos 5 though 8. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| MHAR1494 |
A fairly large, quite broad
blue-gray |
Recovered in
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125.00 |
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hornstone Lost Lake blade
form. It has |
Fincher Co., TN |
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slight ancient dings and a clip to one ear of
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the base, but is not an overall bad looking
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piece. Davis grade simply listed as being:
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Anciently rechipped. (chicken!)
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Davis
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| DFAR8 |
A good sized mottled
off-white, gray and brown |
Undocumented mid-western |
95.00 |
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diagonally banded chert
Lost Lake knife form |
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from the Early Archaic period, between 6,000
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and 9,000 years old. The tip of one barb is
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missing and it has a slight nick to the edge of the |
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base. It has some steps on both faces.
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A nice centerpiece for any collection.
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| AR95 |
A highly attractive orange
agatized wood Albany |
Recovered from the Toledo |
100.00 |
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Knife blade. Side A is
well flaked in a random |
Bend area on the TX/LA border |
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fashion by an experienced knapper, while side B
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is mostly uni-faced with secondary pressure |
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flaking only to the edges. It has a clip to one ear,
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but is still quite a colorful item in a scarce
material
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| AR97 |
A beautifully formed, very
sturdy mottled blue and tan |
Recovered from Muskingum Co., Ohio,
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200.00 |
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Coshocton chert Dove Tail
point having nice frosty patina. |
it has an extensive history of ownership
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Created by a very advanced knapper, it shows good
basal |
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grinding. Unfortunately it has 2 flaws, number one,
the very |
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tip was recently broken and re-glued by a former
owner,
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and it has an ancient lateral fracture which is hidden
in one |
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notch leading from the base. (photos 7 & 9) Still a
very
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desirable item in a most colorful host material. This
one is
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pictured in our book, "How To Find Indian Arrowheads". |
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| AR98 |
A highly attractive red
Carter Cave |
Found in Kentucky |
175.00 |
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chert McWhinney Stemmed
Knife form |
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which is well flaked on both faces by an |
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advanced knapper to a median ridge.
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| DLAR1 |
A HUGE and absolutely
magnificent off-white burlington |
Recovered in |
1,200.00 |
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chert Osceola Knife form
which is just a no-brainer for the |
Stark Co., IN
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mineral deposits it displays. Flaking is thorough to
both
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faces, albeit not especially exceptional. It has a few
recent
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nicks to the edges, most likely from improper
handling, but is |
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still an excellent centerpiece for any collection
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| RUAR1 |
A good-sized mottled gray
and off-white chert Sedalia Knife |
Provenance undocumented |
325.00 |
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Blade thoroughly flaked on
both faces by an intermediate |
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knapper. It has good caliche deposits to testify to
it's
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antiquity and a couple of usage nicks to it's cutting
edges. It
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retains the original flat outer cortex of the host
stone on it's
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base. (Photos 6 & 7) A good centerpiece for any
collection
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| RUAR4 |
A nice meaty and glossy tan
Carter Cave Flint Hardin |
Found in |
225.00 |
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Knife form having through
flaking patterns to both faces |
Kentucky |
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with pressure flaking causing the first stages of left
hand
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beveling. It has nice basal grinding and a couple of
small
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recent nicks to the base from improper storage.
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| DLAR3 |
A nice mottled light
reddish brown flint Alberta Knife |
From a much older |
650.00 |
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blade/Scraper combination
tool, well flaked on both |
undocumented collection
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faces with a bit of a vertical dig, near one edge at
the
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hafting line. (Left side in photo 2 & upside down in
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photo 7) From the original striking platform which
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appears at the tip (photo 6), this form appears to be
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the way it was originally made
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Ex: H. Hasse
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| DLAR4 |
A glossy river polished
gray-blue hornstone Hardin |
Recovered in |
300.00 |
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Knife form displaying
heavy river polish which |
Henderson Co., MO
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slightly subdued the flaking patterns. It's nicely
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beveled with thorough flaking to both faces, but
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has 5 nicks along one edge on side B, probably
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from being tossed around on a river bed. Still a |
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decent piece with good provenance |
Ex: C. Lynch |
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| DIAR5 |
A light brown Edwards
plateau chert Covington |
From the famous Wilson |
200.00 |
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knife blade, made on a
large flake, thoroughly |
County Sand Pit site in
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flaked on side A but retaining 50% of the original
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Texas |
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flake's flat surface on the bottom half of side B |
Rogers
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| DIAR6 |
A nice mottled red and
orange heat treated |
Recovered in |
400.00 |
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chert Wells dart point
having good flaking |
Central Texas |
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patterns and excellent serrated edges
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| DIAR3 |
A Classic mottled brown and
gray Buffalo |
Recovered in
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250.00 |
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River chert Snapped-base
Kirk blade having |
Decatur, TN |
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some pretty wicked serrations. Flaking
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patterns are thorough on both faces. Just a
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superior example of this nice artifact type. |
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| MBAR84 |
A very sturdy mottled
gray-black diagonally |
Undocumented but judging
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100.00 |
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banded Bulverde Knife
form, well flaked on both |
from the material most likely
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1/24
ON-HOLD
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faces, somewhat to a median ridge. It has a slight |
from Zapata Co., Texas
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step on side B caused from ancient resharpening
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to the convex cutting edge. It also shows good
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alkali deposits as a testimony to it's antiquity
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| MBAR94 |
A light gray and light
brown diagonally banded |
Undocumented but judging
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180.00 |
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Dover chert Pinetree
Saw/Blade. The flaking |
from the material, most likely |
11/3
ON-HOLD
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patterns aren't anything to write home about, and
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found in Livingston Co.,
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even though the novice knapper got the serrated |
Kentucky
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areas right, he left a few slight stacks near the
edges
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above the hafting area. (2 on opposing edges of side |
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B shown in photo 1 and one on side A, left side of
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photo 6) One tang sustained ancient damage. |
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| CFAR6 |
A fairly long mottled tan
Edwards Plateau |
Found in |
SOLD
12/10 |
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chert Pedernales blade
form having thorough, |
Central Texas |
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albeit rustic flaking patterns to both faces. It's
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quite sturdy and with the exception of a small
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flea bite to the tip is "all there". It's slightly
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asymmetrical from ancient re-sharpening, but |
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has an overall pleasant appearance.
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| AR94 |
An absolutely gorgeous
yellowish-tan |
Recovered in
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450.00 |
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cobble chert Scottsbluff
dart point having a |
Robertson Co., TX
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very small red section to one corner of the
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base. This one was created by an advanced |
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knapper and the flaking patterns, especially
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on side A are just super attractive. The base |
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is nicely ground and this one is a problem
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German
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free point which is "all there"
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Rogers
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| BWAR4 |
A very long, well flaked
basalt Bi-pointed |
Found in N. CA |
1,450.00 |
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Archaic knife blade dating
between 3,000 |
during the 1800's |
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and 8,000 years old |
Stermer COA |
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| JCAR5 |
A beautiful little fine
grained basalt, heavily desert polished Cascade |
Churchill Co., NV |
175.00 |
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dart point, thoroughly and
well flaked on both faces, although the flaking |
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patterns are somewhat (pleasantly) subdued by the
desert polish.
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A superior piece!
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| JAAR1 |
Well the finder of this
HUGE beautiful piece undoubtedly needed CPR in the field, a |
Recovered in
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1250.00 |
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VERY large and extremely
well made semi-translucent, opalescent diagonally banded |
Lake Co., OR
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obsidian Elko Corner Notched Knife form. Flaking
patterns are very thorough on both
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faces by a very advanced knapper. It retains a few (3)
percussion flake marks in the very |
(more information
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center of side A just below the horizontal midsection
to just below the hafting line, and it
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to buyer) |
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also has a very interesting series of 6 horizontal
percussion flake marks which "step
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down" the face of side B. All areas surrounding the
original percussion flake marks are
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thoroughly and intricately pressure flaked in quite
minute patterns. The diagonal duo-flow
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banding needs a special mention, as the bands
themselves are very closely spaced, which |
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is quite unusual for banded obsidian. The tip has two
ancient usage chips (photos 7 & 9) |
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and the very tip of one of the basal ears was
anciently nicked. Still a highly desirable
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MONSTER of a piece which deserves "centerpiece status"
in a worthy collection.
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| MHAR146 |
A beautiful, meaty and rare
red |
Found in
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850.00 |
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quartzite Eden dart point
showing |
Lincoln Co., CO |
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thorough, if not a slightly rough in
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a couple of spots, flaking patterns. |
Ex: Glasscock
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Amazingly, this one is "all there".
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Ex: M. Hough
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Published in Lar Hothem's Paleo- |
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Indian Artifacts, pg. 193 |
Perino COA |
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*Additional Note about this piece* |
Jackson COA |
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Even though this one comes with COA's
from 2 of the most trusted authenticators in the country, it was subjected
to the new infrared Raman Spectrograph analysis, and didn't pass this test... personally,
I'm not totally sold on this new technology, as I believe that it's results can easily be
misinterpreted by inexperienced operators, so, I stand by the "tried and
true" COA's issued from 2 gentlemen having decades of experience analyzing
ancient artifacts, it was only fair that I mention this fact. |
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| MCAR6 |
A very dark reddish-brown
chert Bajada Knife form |
Recovered in
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125.00 |
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which is quite sturdy with
somewhat crude flaking |
Estancia Valley, NM |
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patterns and good desert polish. It has "some"
pressure |
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flaking to it's cutting edges in a left-handed bevel
form.
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| MCAR4 |
A light greenish-gray and
tan flint late Archaic San Pedro |
Found near Albuquerque, NM |
120.00 |
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Knife form which is quite
thick and sturdy with fairly |
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ragged edges from ancient usage. Flaking is thorough
on
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both faces, although not especially spectacular. |
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| MCAR3 |
A mottled blue-gray and tan
chert Early Archaic Knife blade |
Found near Albuquerque, NM |
100.00 |
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which was greatly worked
down in ancient times from it's |
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original form. It's well worked on both faces mostly
by initial
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percussion flaking with thorough pressure flaking to
all 4
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edges. It has a very thinned out base to facilitate
good hafting |
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as well as basal grinding and "hafting stop" steps on
side A. |
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