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This page contains Ancient Native American Indian
"knapped" flint and chert tools such as Knife Blades, Hide Scrapers and Drills to name a few |
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| CFFT12 |
A medium sized off-white |
Quay Co., NM |
SOLD
12/10 |
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quartzite Crescent Knife
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| DAFT664 |
A fairly slender
bluish-gray |
Fort Rock, OR |
35.00 |
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chert hafted Knife blade |
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| DAFT663 |
A black obsidian Paleo uni-faced |
Fort Rock, OR |
40.00 |
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side scraper, well made
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having small sections of the original |
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host stone's cortex at each end |
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| BWFT5 |
A very interesting and
attractive, heavily |
Recovered from |
75.00 |
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river polished black
basalt Early Archaic |
Klamath Falls, OR |
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Cascade knife blade, thoroughly flaked on
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both faces and having a nice horizontal
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finger-rest channel on side B, which
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enabled this blade to be used as a 4-way
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knife with either hand. Quite a nice
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specimen having attractive frosty patina
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| BWFT6 |
An interesting light tan
chert Archaic |
Klamath Falls, OR |
55.00 |
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Triangular Knife blade
which was most |
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likely traded into the area from a great |
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distance from where it was recovered. |
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Flaking is somewhat rough and crude, |
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but it is thorough on both faces
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| JCFT24 |
A yellow and white agate
Plateau Pentagonal Knife |
Recovered in
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40.00 |
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blade, which was anciently
resharpened so many times |
Churchill Co., NV |
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that it was near the conversion to a drill stage. It's
well
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flaked on both faces, although not with alot of
detail.
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The base was anciently snapped off and the surfaces
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show a high degree of desert polish. An attractive
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| BDFT14 |
A group of very meaty and
large (for |
Found in
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50.00 |
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type) Paleo hafted
scrapers in a |
Navajo Co., AZ |
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variety of materials. One doubled as a |
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spokeshave, which was common in
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Paleo times. (Dual purpose tools) |
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| CFFT17 |
An interesting off-white
with a bluish cast |
Found in Eastern |
SOLD |
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chert Multi-purpose Tool (Spokeshave, |
New Mexico |
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Scraper, mini-knife blade and Awl).
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Personally I would date this one to the Late |
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Paleo period, as multi-purpose tools were
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most common throughout this particular era. |
Stermer COA |
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| MBFT97 |
A very twisted, light gray
chert Dalton |
Undocumented, most
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70.00 |
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Drill form which is
heavily beveled. It |
likely mid-western states |
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has shallow pressure flaked fluting
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channels and basal grinding. It also has |
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a noticeable, recent clip to one edge
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(middle of photo 2 on the left side)
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| TPFT306 |
A fairly crude obsidian
Cascade Preform which |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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appears to have been used
as a Knife in the interim |
(Full history to buyer) |
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| TPFT314 |
A very beefy mottled brown,
tan and gray chert combination |
Lake Co., OR
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30.00 |
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Scraper/Knife blade tool
having an off-white section to one edge |
(Full history to buyer) |
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from the original host stone's cortex. It has a
crystal inclusion hole |
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on side B and is mostly uni-faced. It was recovered
from an area |
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having associated Cascade points from the Early
Archaic period. |
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| ACFT5 |
A nice sized mahogany
obsidian hand |
Siskiyou Co., CA |
40.00 |
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pick. (I'm assuming that
these were |
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used to dig out edible roots) |
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| TPFT315 |
A slightly crude Early
Archaic Hafted Scraper |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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which is mostly uni-faced.
It was recovered |
(Full history to buyer) |
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from an area having associated Cascade points
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from the Early Archaic period. |
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| MHFT942 |
A HUGE and meaty black |
Found by L.L. Valdivia in |
75.00 |
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obsidian Cascade blade |
San Rafael, CA in 1947 |
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blank which retains outer
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sections of the original host
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stones surface on both ends
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| MHFT1027 |
A mottled gray-green chert
Early Archaic |
Recovered in |
50.00 |
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Chilcotin Plateau
side-notched hafted knife |
Washo Co., NV |
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blade which has seen many ancient
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resharpenings. Flaking patterns are
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thorough on both faces and the color
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makes quite an attractive display item |
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| MHFT1028 |
A lime green and tan chert
Cascade |
Recovered in |
35.00 |
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Early Archaic Cascade
knife blade |
Harney Co., OR |
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thoroughly flaked on both faces but
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having a lateral shear to one edge at the
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base for a distance of 1" (photos 5 & 6) |
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| MHFT1029 |
A black chert Archaic
Atlatl Valley Triangular |
Recovered in |
30.00 |
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Knife blade having
thorough flaking patterns |
Humboldt Co., NV |
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to both faces by a novice knapper
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| RHFT1 |
An attractive high quality
mottled |
Western
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175.00 |
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brown Permian flint Early Knife
blade |
Nebraska |
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having light basal grinding and micro- |
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flaked edges as well as a high gloss
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river polish to it's surfaces. This baby
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measures 1-9/16" long by 3/4" wide by |
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3/16" thick |
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| FT69 |
A totally fascinating and
heavily worked-. |
Recovered in |
12.00 |
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down black obsidian Cascade knife
blade |
SE Oregon |
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It has thorough flaking to both faces, with
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the ancient resharpenings giving much finer
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and detailed flaking patterns above the
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hafted area
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| FT70 |
A very attractive red and
mahogany |
Recovered from the |
150.00 |
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colored Coastal Plains chert Paleo
hafted |
upper Suwannee |
12/26
ON-HOLD
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knife blade having nice tannic staining
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River drainage basin
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which only adds to it's rustic appearance.
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in Florida |
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It has nice percussion flaking with more
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micro pressure flaking to the cutting edge. |
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A most fascinating item.
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| FT72 |
A very rustic and sturdy
dark brown |
Recovered from the |
125.00 |
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Coastal Plains Chert Paleo hafted |
Flint River in |
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knife blade having heavy duty river
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Dougherty Co., GA |
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polish and tannic staining which only
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adds to it's appearance. The surface
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itself somewhat resembles the surface |
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of the desert polished Acheulean
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hand-axes from the old world. |
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| FT73 |
A highly river polished
orange Coastal |
Recovered from the |
125.00 |
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Plains chert Paleo knife blade
showing |
Flint River in |
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nice percussion flaking with more
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Dougherty Co., GA |
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minute pressure flaking patterns on the |
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cutting edges. The diagonal "cut" at the |
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base is actually the original striking
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platform from which this piece was
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made. An outstanding "looker" for
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serious blade collectors. |
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| MHFT561 |
A unique uni-faced olive
green |
Found in |
8.00 |
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Franciscan chert scraper
blade |
Humboldt Co., CA |
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which retains the original |
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striking platform at the base
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| JAFT18 |
A most attractive glossy
black obsidian |
Harney Co., OR |
250.00 |
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Paleo Owl Cave preform
which, judging |
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by the micro-edgework on the mostly
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unfinished side B, was used as a small
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knife blade at this stage of it's manufacture. |
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A very attractive study of the stages
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involved in the manufacturing process |
Ex: Davidson |
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| DWFT1 |
An interesting tan-brown
Agate |
Recovered in |
75.00 |
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almost uni-faced Cascade
knife |
Ruby Valley, NV
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blade having a single clear diagonal
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vein just above the hafting area. Side |
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A is fairly well flaked, but side B is
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Ex: Berreth
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only pressure flaked around all edges |
Ex: Brooks |
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| DWFT2 |
A highly attractive glossy
off-white and |
Recovered in |
130.00 |
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tan Chalcedony Ovular
knife blade |
Las Animas Co., CO
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which was probably destined to
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become a preform eventually. It retains
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a small section (7/16") of the original
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striking platform on the base. It appears |
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to have desert polished calcium
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deposits in the center of side A, which
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someone tried to aggressively remove |
Ex: Brooks |
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| DWFT4 |
A huge and attractive
mottled |
Recovered from |
275.00 |
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gray owl creek chert
Covington |
Coryell Co., TX
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blade. Thoroughly flaked and
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quite well-made
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Ex: Brooks |
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| JDFT4 |
A very aged and quite
fascinating for |
Found in Missouri |
125.00 |
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it's archaic traits, heat
treated burlington |
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chert Lerma blade, Archaic period
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between 5,000 and 10,000 years old
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| LEFT3 |
A fairly thin mottled brown
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Recovered in
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15.00 |
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off-white Alibates flint
uni-faced |
Oldham Co., TX
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thumbnail scraper |
Offered by the finder |
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| CFFT15 |
A fairly large, mostly
unifaced black |
Found in Eastern |
SOLD
12/10 |
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basalt Archaic Crescent
Knife blade. |
New Mexico |
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Flaking patterns are most pronounced
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along the curved edge and it retains a
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reddish-brown section on side A from
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the host stone's original cortex
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| CFFT14 |
A very rustic orangish-brown
quartzite |
Found in Eastern |
SOLD
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tear drop knife blade,
having subdued |
New Mexico |
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flaking patterns owing to the nature of
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the host stone material |
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| LEFT8 |
A HUGE chunk of very
colorful burgundy, blue |
Recovered in
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120.00 |
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and tan alibates flint
formed into a worthy Fist |
Oldham Co., TX
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Axe, bi-facially worked around the business
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Offered by the finder |
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edges. Quite an interesting and attractive piece |
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| FT91 |
A very hefty, meaty brown
and light gray |
Found in
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25.00 |
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cobblestone Fist Axe in
excellent |
Travis Co., TX
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condition. It's nicely
flaked on both faces |
(details to buyer) |
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along the single cutting edge. This one
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has a lot of character to it and is most
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likely from the Paleo period.
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| BDFT6 |
A somewhat crude and
hastily made light |
Found in
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30.00 |
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tan and brown chert late
Archaic perforator |
Navajo Co., AZ |
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/ knife blade, made on a huge flake and
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having secondary pressure flaking on both
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faces but only along a single edge. There's
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gotta be a story to go along with it's hasty
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manufacture... like, some ancient was really |
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really hungry, and forgot his dinner knife ?
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| TPFT167 |
A fairly thick opaque black
obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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45.00 |
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Archaic Hafted Knife blade
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HEAVY river polishing, which adds |
Full history
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to it's attractiveness
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| DAFT461 |
A mottled brown and white
agate |
Found on the |
25.00 |
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hafted triangular knife blade
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Columbia River, OR |
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appears to have been anciently re- |
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sharpened down to almost nothing.
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It displays a hafting stop on side A
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and a pressure-fitting slope to side B |
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| DAFT456 |
A fast and dirty red and
purple |
Lane Co., OR |
20.00 |
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chert Cascade knife blade |
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showing secondary pressure
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flaking along all 4 edges, but
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little flaking attempts elsewhere |
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