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the Great Basin region |
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| GB15 |
A very small, slender and
well-flaked black |
Recovered from |
20.00 |
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basalt Rose Springs Side-notched birdpoint |
Swan Island in |
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having a nick to one corner of the stem.
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Multnomah Co., OR |
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Made by an advanced knapper who had alot |
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patience, as basalt doesn't flake very well. |
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| JFGB79 |
A beautiful (in as much as
a basalt point |
Recovered in |
30.00 |
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CAN be beautiful) fairly thin
black basalt |
SE Oregon |
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Gypsum Cave dart point dating back to the |
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Middle Archaic period, between 3,300 and |
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5,000 years old. Certainly created by a
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very patient ancient knapper, as basalt just
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doesn't flake very well. Appears to have a |
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slight nick to one side of the tip |
Ex: Milton Tuck |
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| JFGB80 |
A very dark gray chert
Columbia |
Recovered in |
15.00 |
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Plateau arrowhead having a spider |
SE Oregon |
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bite to the tip and a snapped stem |
Ex: Milton Tuck |
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| SWGB122 |
River polished black
fine-grained |
Columbia river in |
25.00 |
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basalt Siska Flat blade |
Klickitat Co., WA |
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base snapped |
Stermer COA |
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| JSGB2 |
A black basalt early Yana
side- |
Offered by the finder, who
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30.00 |
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notched arrowhead, nicely |
recovered this piece in |
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patinated and showing signs of
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Shasta County, CA |
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heavy weathering |
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| JSGB3 |
A black basalt early Yana
side- |
Offered by the finder, who
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30.00 |
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notched arrowhead having |
recovered this piece in |
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mineral deposits in all the right
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Shasta County, CA |
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places. An interesting piece from
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a very hard-to-work material |
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| JSGB5 |
A shiny (on 1 side) black
obsidian |
Offered by the finder, who
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65.00 |
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early Yana corner-notched |
recovered this piece in |
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arrowhead with heavy brown
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Shasta County, CA |
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deposits/patination on 1 side and an |
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interesting diagonal flaking pattern |
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| JSGB6 |
A translucent smoky-clear
obsidian with outstanding |
Offered by the finder, who
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120.00 |
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gray diagonal banding... The
surface flaking on this |
recovered this piece in |
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piece is extremely intricate and just awesome. It has
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Shasta County, CA |
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a nibble off of the tip, but the ultra-thinness of
this
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point makes up for that slight flaw !
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| JFGB47 |
A very nice and thoroughly |
Recovered in
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27.00 |
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worked frosty translucent |
Eastern Oregon |
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and somewhat opalescent
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obsidian Cascade dart point |
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| JFGB48 |
A very well worked semi- |
Recovered in
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29.00 |
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translucent, opalescent black |
Eastern Oregon |
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obsidian Cascade dart point |
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| JFGB49 |
A most interesting
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Recovered in
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49.00 |
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pinkish-red chert Snake |
Eastern Oregon |
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River arrowhead |
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| JFGB50 |
A somewhat thin and very
well |
Recovered in
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29.00 |
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patinated opaque black obsidian |
Eastern Oregon |
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Humboldt Constricted base dart
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point having nice basal grinding as
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testimony to it's early age (The tip
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is "as made" anciently and has not
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been modernly "mucked with") |
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| SLGB16 |
A semi-translucent white
agate Atlatl |
Personal find in |
75.00 |
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Valley Triangular arrowhead which
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Owyhee Co., Idaho |
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appears to be anciently re-based
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| SLGB17 |
A thin oval gray basalt
knife |
Personal find in |
50.00 |
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having nice patination
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Owyhee Co., Idaho |
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| SLGB18 |
An opaque black obsidian
Pinto |
Personal find from the |
50.00 |
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Sloping Shouldered arrowhead
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Alvoid desert in Oregon |
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with nice basal grinding and flaking |
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to a median ridge. Has an ancient
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nick to the tip and nice patination
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| SLGB19 |
A small opaque black
obsidian |
Personal find from |
75.00 |
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Humbolt arrowhead, very thin and well |
the Alvoid desert in |
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made with an intricate flaking pattern
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Oregon |
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| SLGB20 |
A most interesting opaque
black obsidian |
Personal find from |
85.00 |
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Humbolt triangular arrowhead anciently
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the Alvoid desert |
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re-worked into a drill form with a needle
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in Oregon |
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tip. Has nice oblique flaking to the median
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ridge, very thin and attractive piece
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| SLGB21 |
A black obsidian Cascade |
Personal find from |
30.00 |
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arrowhead having a tip-nick and
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the Alvoid Desert |
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good flaking patterns
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in Oregon |
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| SLGB22 |
A slightly semi-translucent
black |
Personal find from the |
25.00 |
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obsidian Cascade arrowhead
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Alvoid desert in Oregon |
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having a truncated base
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| SLGB23 |
A very interesting black
obsidian Pinto |
Personal find from |
75.00 |
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Basin knife blade having very fine
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the Alvoid desert in |
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edge-work on both sides. Appears to
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Oregon |
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be a dart point, anciently converted to
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a cutting tool with very sharp edges
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| SLGB24 |
A very thin, glossy opaque
black |
Personal find from the |
75.00 |
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obsidian Pinto Basin arrowhead,
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Alvoid desert in |
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originally made on a flake but beautifully |
Oregon |
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retouched with direct pressure flaking.
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The basal notch is very deep and
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exhibits exceptional craftmanship
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| SLGB25 |
A thin opaque black
obsidian small |
Personal find from |
65.00 |
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Humbolt knife blade having nice
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the Alvoid desert in |
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patination and excellent
flaking patterns
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Oregon |
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| JFGB52 |
A nicely shaped and
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Recovered in
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49.00 |
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beautifully patinated black |
Eastern Oregon |
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obsidian Cascade dart point |
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| JFGB53 |
A VERY nice deep dark
purple chert |
Recovered in
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29.00 |
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Rabbit Island Dart point showing |
Eastern Oregon |
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good and thorough flaking patterns |
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| JFGB54 |
A glossy and nicely
patinated |
Recovered in
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120.00 |
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opaque black obsidian Plateau |
Eastern Oregon |
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Pentagonal knife blade. Very
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sturdy and obviously well used
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from the shape it has as a result
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of many ancient sharpenings |
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| JFGB57 |
A purple chert Shaniko
Stemmed |
Recovered in
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19.00 |
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blade made on a flake having |
Eastern Oregon |
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about 80% of the original flake's
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surface showing on side B |
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JFGB20 |
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A blue-black iridescent
obsidian |
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SE Oregon Desert |
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19.00 |
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leaf-shaped preform, most likely
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Ex: Milton Tuck |
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from the Archaic period. An |
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interesting example of the |
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evolution of point technology |
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JFGB21 |
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A fairly large
semi-translucent |
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SE Oregon Desert |
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15.00 |
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opalescent obsidian leaf-shaped
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Ex: Milton Tuck |
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preform. An excellent example of |
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evolving point technology |
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JFGB22 |
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A jet black obsidian
Shaniko |
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SE Oregon Desert |
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16.00 |
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Stemmed atlatl dart point
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Ex: Milton Tuck |
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having nice edge work and a |
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hafting stop on side B |
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JFGB31 |
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A very small and
translucent |
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Found on Swan |
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10.00 |
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smoky obsidian Eastgate
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Island in Oregon |
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3/25 |
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birdpoint arrowhead |
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ON-HOLD |
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