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Ancient Indian arrowheads and Artifacts from the Columbia River in
Washington and Oregon. |
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Artifacts from
the Columbia River areas have long been known to be made of some |
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of the absolute
best and most colorful material to be found anywhere in the world ! |
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| DWCR1 |
An attractive medium brown
jasper |
Found on the |
35.00 |
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Rabbit Island arrowhead.
Thoroughly |
Columbia River, WA |
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flaked and expertly made but with a
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spider bite to each tang
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| DWCR2 |
A fairly nice tan chert
Rose Springs |
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40.00 |
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Corner notched dart point,
made |
Lower Columbia River
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on a flake and retaining almost all
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in Washington state |
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of the original flake's surface on
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side B, with the exception of
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pressure flaking around the
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periphery. Side A shows more
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thorough flaking patterns, although |
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they appear to have been done by |
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an intermediate knapper.
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| SLCR1 |
A very thin, small and
delicate |
Warner Valley, OR |
25.00 |
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red chert Columbia Plateau |
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bird point arrowhead missing |
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the tip of one tang |
Ex: F. Metler |
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| SLCR3 |
An interesting dark
rootbeer agate |
Warner Valley, OR |
80.00 |
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Eastgate arrowhead made on a
flake by a |
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knapper "in training" and showing 20% of |
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the original flakes surface on side A and
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all of the original flakes surface on side B, |
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with the exception of the edges which
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have retouch flaking all the way around |
Ex: F. Metler |
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| DACR63 |
A nice glossy translucent
"foggy" ice |
Malheur Co., OR
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30.00 |
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agate Plateau Pentagonal knife
blade. |
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Has one "internal" fracture line running
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diagonally from the point of hafting
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about 35% of the width of the blade;
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this most likely occurred as a result of
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ancient re-sharpening, still a most
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attractive piece in a scarce material |
Ex: Sharon Briggs
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| DACR139 |
An attractive tan and red
jasper Elko Corner
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Columbia River, OR |
20.00 |
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Notched arrowhead with a flat to
side B
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covering about 25% of the surface on the
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basal stem. Tip appears to have
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RE-CHIPPING and the
arrowhead itself has |
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gone through ancient re-cycling as evidenced |
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by the asymmetrical shape |
Ex: Beatrice Morehead |
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| DACR187 |
A very thin mottled gray
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From the |
30.00 |
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off-white chert Columbia |
Columbia River |
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Plateau arrowhead |
Ex: Milton Tuck |
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| DACR191 |
A very thin
semi-translucent moonstone |
From the |
SOLD |
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agate Rose Springs side notched |
Columbia River |
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arrowhead having black and reddish |
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inclusions. Made on a flake with side A |
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being thoroughly and intricately worked, |
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and side B retaining about 45% of the |
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original flake's surface in the center but |
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with micro-flaking around the edges |
Ex: Milton Tuck |
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| DACR436 |
A quite thin
semi-translucent |
From the |
35.00 |
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smoky-gray obsidian Piqunin |
Columbia River, OR |
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arrowhead having very broad
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and flaring basal tangs.
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Thoroughly flaked on both faces |
Ex: Tuck |
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| DACR437 |
A duo-flow mahogany
obsidian |
From the |
30.00 |
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Columbia Plateau arrowhead having |
Columbia River, OR |
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streaks of black. Appears to have
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slight ancient damage to the tip and
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a spider bite off of one tang.
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Ex: Tuck |
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| DACR138 |
A plain jane (every release
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Columbia River, OR |
40.00 |
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to have at least one of these) |
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light gray chert Hawken dart |
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point showing excellent aging... |
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all in all, a scarce type |
Ex: Beatrice Morehead |
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| DACR145 |
A deep burgundy Franciscan
chert |
Columbia River, OR |
40.00 |
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Gatecliff arrowhead showing |
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superior flaking patterns but having |
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an unfortunate clip to one ear. The |
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other ear appears to have been |
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anciently salvaged and re-worked |
Ex: Beatrice Morehead |
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| DACR146 |
A slightly translucent
honey-colored, |
Columbia |
30.00 |
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red and brown agate Rabbit Island
dart |
River, OR |
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point made on a flake which gives it |
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slight curvature. About 30% of the |
Ex: Beatrice |
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original flakes surface remains on side B |
Morehead |
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| DACR151 |
A glossy, slightly thick,
but well |
Columbia River, OR |
30.00 |
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worked red chert Rabbit Island |
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dart point. A very attractive piece |
Ex: Beatrice Morehead |
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| DACR435 |
An interesting
greenish-brown |
From The |
30.00 |
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with red splotches jasper Wallula |
Dalles, OR |
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Gap arrowhead made on a flake |
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with 50% of the flake's original |
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surface remaining on side B. |
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Side A is thoroughly flaked
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Ex: Tuck |
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| BWCR33 |
A paper-thin black basalt
Columbia |
Found on the Columbia |
123.00 |
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Plateau arrowhead,
thoroughly flaked on |
River during the 1960's |
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side A but retaining a 40% flat area below |
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the centerline on side B left over from the |
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original surface of the host stone material.
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It has an interesting hafting stop on side A |
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directly above the stem (Photo 3)
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| DACR27 |
A fascinating mottled pink,
brown |
Recovered on the |
30.00 |
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and gray agate Cascade dart point |
Columbia River |
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having a sliver of red agate on one
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blade edge near the center line
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| DWCR3 |
A nice little group of 4 |
Recovered on the |
40.00 |
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scrapers, mini-blades and |
Mid-Columbia River, WA
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preforms in various materials
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Ex: Barrett |
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| DACR216 |
An attractive mottled red
chert
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Columbia River |
40.00 |
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Chilcotin Plateau arrowhead having |
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gray-black swirl patterns and nice
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edge-work flaking. Side B has a slight
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stack at the centerline on the right side |
Ex: John Phillips |
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| DACR341 |
A beautiful deep red and
burgundy jasper |
Yakima Co., WA |
250.00 |
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hafted knife blade having yellow
"freckles". |
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Was made on a large flake with 60% of the |
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original flakes surface preserved on side B.
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Side A has a nice, shallow pressure-flaked
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hafting stop. It's interesting to note how the
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ancient knapper took advantage of a curve
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in the flake at the base of side B, to act as
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basal thinning for secure hafting. |
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| CR188 |
A most interesting and thin
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Recovered on the |
15.00 |
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burgundy chert Cascade awl
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Columbia River in Oregon |
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A slightly thick gray and
red chert |
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Columbia River, OR |
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10.00 |
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Rabbit Island dart point having the
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Ex: Jack Tyrell |
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original striking platform on the base |
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| CR219 |
A very small, intricately
worked |
Found on the |
14.00 |
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tan chert Lake River Side |
Columbia River |
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Notched birdpoint arrowhead
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in Cowlitz Co., WA
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having red appendages
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(Full history to buyer) |
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| CR228 |
A pinkish-red with yellow
splotches |
Found on the Upper |
12.00 |
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agate Cascade dart point which
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Columbia River in |
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have doubled as a hafted perforator as |
Washington |
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evidenced by the spider bite to the tip |
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| DACR217 |
An interesting and slightly
crude
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Columbia River, OR
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45.00 |
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red and pink chert
Hells Canyon |
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Corner Notch arrowhead,
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somewhat on the flat side and
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having blue speckled inclusions |
Ex: John Phillips
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| DACR219 |
A nice, thin purple chert
worked- |
Columbia River, OR |
40.00 |
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down Merrybell Var. I Stemmed |
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arrowhead. Basal thinning for
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hafting is interesting on this one
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Ex: John Phillips |
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| DACR245 |
A fairly thin gray, mottled
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Sauvies Island, OR |
50.00 |
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brown and white chert
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Wallula Gap dart point
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Ex: Cockrell |
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| JFCR59 |
A most unusual medium brown
jasper |
Found at the mouth
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50.00 |
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Gatecliff dart point having light
black patina |
of the Deschutes,
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on side B. Made on a flake with a weak
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Columbia River, OR
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attempt at working the edges on side B.
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by Richard Hanning
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The way that this one was made almost
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looks as if someone had had a "whole" bi- |
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facially worked arrowhead which they then |
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"cleaved" in half lengthwise. An interesting
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study of an obvious "rush job"
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| DACR430 |
A nice group of 3 varied
Columbia |
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River Arrowheads |
Columbia River, OR |
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Ex: Tuck |
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| DFCR37 |
A quite crude brown jasper
Fountain Bar dart point having |
Found on Fountain Bar in
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secondary pressure flaking
to both edges on side A and a |
Washington, which is now |
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single edge on side B. Outside of the worked edges, it
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completely under water |
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retains the original flat outer layers of the hoststone. |
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| DFCR21 |
A black chert Desert
General arrowhead, |
Recovered on the
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well flaked on both faces.
It appears to |
Columbia River in |
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have been coated on one side with shellac,
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a practice for mounting artifacts from the |
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1940's through 1950's. (This is easily |
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removed with a quick acetone soaking) |
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| DFCR24 |
A weird, highly river
polished white, light orange and |
Recovered on the
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tan chert Gatecliff dart
point, well flaked on both |
Columbia River in |
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faces, although the river polish has subdued the
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flaking patterns somewhat. It has a nasty lateral
shear |
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to one edge near the tip caused by the weakening of
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this area by an inclusion which weathered away |
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| SWCR508 |
A nice set of three finger tools including two |
Recovered on the |
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thump-nail scrapers and one drill or awl. |
Columbia River in
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These types of tools represent or illustrate |
Kittitas Co., WA |
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how chips or fragments created when
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breaking up large cobbles that can not be |
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used for arrowheads or larger knives are
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not wasted, but utilized to make smaller
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tools to process food (such as salmon) or
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to make other “household” necessities. The |
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type of material includes jasper and agate,
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which were commonly used in this region. |
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| SWCR515 |
A
little obsidian knife that was held |
Recovered on the |
40.00 |
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between ones fingers (not halfted) when |
Columbia River in
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processing game (most likely salmon or |
Kittitas Co., WA |
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waterfowl). Sharp and functional, as made |
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a very long time ago. Obsidian is not
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found naturally along the Columbia River,
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so this material was obtained through
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trade or some other means, probably from |
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SE Oregon or maybe Idaho |
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