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| This page contains ancient Native American Indian arrowheads and other artifacts from the Paleo time era. |
| (9,000 years ago to 14,000 years ago) This was the VERY FIRST period during which the Native |
| American Indians populated "the new world". To reserve any arrowhead on this page, simply note the |
| arrowheads ID number and send an email to Terry Baxter: tbaxter999@gmail.com |
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Type: Lovell Dart Point |
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| DFPA5 |
A very meaty, white quartzite Mountain Paleo Lovell dart point. |
Recovered from North |
225.00 |
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The craftsmanship is a bit on the crude side, but the host material |
Dakota during the |
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is most difficult to work with, and this one definitely has the "mass" |
1960's |
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to get the job done! An interesting and scarce Paleo point dating |
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back between 7,800 and 8,400 years old. |
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Type: Midland |
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| RPPA20 |
A very attractive ULTRA-THIN, medium gray quartzite |
Recovered from |
950.00 |
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Midland having perfect symmetry and good flaking patterns |
Marshall Co., OK |
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regardless of the fact that quartzite doesn't really "flake" very |
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well at all. Obviously made by an extremely advanced knapper, |
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it has a small white professionally repaired section at the center line |
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on one edge. It also has light basal paleo grinding and is just an |
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exceptional piece. |
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Period/Age: Paleo - 10,000-11,000 B.P. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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| Item: |
Type: Agate Basin |
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| RPPA21 |
A mottled tan, very light gray and white Burlington chert Agate |
Recovered from |
300.00 |
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Basin blade showing good flaking patterns to a median ridge |
Cook Co., IL |
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and having slight usage wear to the tip. It also has good Paleo |
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basal grinding. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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| Item: |
Type: Dalton |
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| TWBPA3 |
A fairly thick white, tan and light gray burlington chert Dalton Knife form, |
Recovered from |
175.00 |
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thoroughly flaked on both faces with a few steps on side B left from abrupt |
Albion, Nebraska |
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flake terminations during the secondary pressure flaking process. The |
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cutting edges are somewhat ragged, probably by design and from use |
Rogers COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
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| TWBPA4 |
A most interesting and sturdy medium-brown chert Clovis Dart point which is well worked |
Recovered from the |
1,800.00 |
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on both faces. It has remnants of the tip of a single flute on side A, about 3/8" long. This |
Tennessee River |
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mammoth killer had it's base snapped in ancient times and the base was re-worked to put |
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this monster back into action. It shows some tannic river stain to both faces, which only add |
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to it's mystique. A well made and obviously well used, most ancient weapon. |
Rogers COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
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| TWBPA5 |
A medium-sized light gray and tan Fort Payne hornstone chert Clovis having a very classic |
Recovered from |
1,600.00 |
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form. It has a short flute to the base of side B and 2 flutes on side A which appear to have |
Warren Co., TN |
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been made through indirect percussion and which end in a nice hafting stop. It has good |
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basal grinding which follows the edges upto the hafting stop line. It's thoroughly flaked on |
Motley COA |
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both faces and shows slight ancient nicking to the very tips of the auricles as well as to the |
Rogers COA |
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tip itself. (photos 7-10) Quite an attractive piece which comes with TRIPLE COA's! |
Davis COA (G8) |
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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
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| TWBPA6 |
A somewhat thin, for size, very long off-white, tan and light blue-gray Wayne |
Recovered from |
1,500.00 |
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County chert Clovis Knife form. It's thoroughly flaked on both faces with cutting |
Madison Co., KY |
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edges which have been anciently "roughed up" to facilitate cutting action. It has a |
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single flute to side B which runs for 1-3/8", ending in an angled hafting stop. |
Davis COA (G6) |
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Type: Clovis |
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| TWBPA7 |
A very slender (for type) cream colored burlington chert Clovis Dart point |
Recovered from |
1,200.00 |
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(Barnes variety) which is very well flaked on both faces and has a single, well |
St. Louis Co., MO |
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centered flute on side A with 2 somewhat irregular flutes on side B. It has |
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good, weathered basal grinding and one auricle shows more recent damage, |
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but other than this, the piece is "all there" as it was anciently made and used. |
Jackson COA |
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Overall quite an attractive and most ancient, double-papered piece. |
Perino COA |
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Type: Folsom |
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| TWBPA8 |
A very small ultra, almost paper-thin, anciently worked-down red jasper Folsom |
Recovered from |
1,950.00 |
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Dart point. Despite being anciently worked-down almost to the point of exhaustion it |
Luna Co., NM |
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retains well defined flutes to both faces with good secondary pressure flaking to all |
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edges as well as on both sides of the base. Both auricles have what appears to be |
Partain COA |
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ancient lateral shearing. A most interesting, delicate artifact which is double-papered. |
Davis COA (G9!) |
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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
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| TWBPA9 |
A very worked-down, stubby light gray and off-white diagonally banded chalcedony |
Only recorded as |
650.00 |
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Clovis Knife form which must have been a real beauty in it's original form. It has |
being found in |
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multiple flutes on side B and retains the remnants of a single flute in the center of side |
Southern Nebraska |
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A. It shows good basal grinding and it's tip was anciently worked down to an |
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asymmetrical form suitable for use more as a cutting instrument than a dart point. |
Jackson COA |
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Type: Milnesand |
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| TWBPA10 |
A purplish-red and very light gray circular banded "layered" sedimentary |
Recovered from Texas |
875.00 |
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chert Milnesand Dart point. This one is fairly thick, giving it good mass for |
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dart point usage and it's very well flaked on both faces with a shallow |
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horizontal hafting stop just above the base on side B. (photos 4 & 6) Quite |
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a nice, sturdy and unusual piece which shows no damage, ancient or recent. |
Rogers COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Agate Basin |
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| TWBPA11 |
A very pleasant looking tan Edwards Plateau chert Agate Basin Blade |
Only recorded as being found in the |
250.00 |
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form which maintains good symmetry despite multiple ancient re- |
Western Plains, although the material |
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sharpenings. It's well flaked on both faces by an upper-intermediate |
it's made from is very indicative of the |
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knapper, with multiple, slight hinge flake remnants on both faces. |
Wilson County sand pit site in Texas |
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Type: Clovis |
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| TWBPA12 |
A most attractive, very light bluish-gray matte chert Clovis Dart point having good and |
Only documented as |
950.00 |
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thorough flaking patterns to both faces made by an advanced knapper. It has good basal |
being a "Midwest type" |
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grinding and very good symmetry, making it a superior example of this most ancient type. |
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The Jackson COA mentions a few pencil lead-like metal markings, mostly on side B near |
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the base as being consistent with rubbing on change in a person's pocket, not caused by |
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modern alteration. (right side in photo 6) A superior example of this most ancient weapon. |
Jackson COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
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| TWBPA13 |
A quite rustic mottled blue-gray chert Clovis dart point which is pretty well |
Provenance is undocumented, |
125.00 |
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nicked-up with a deep ancient gouge from one edge at it's horizontal centerline, |
and I couldn't begin to guess |
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probably caused by an internal fracture which weathered away. The tip is a bit |
myself from the material. |
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ragged, showing more recent chip damage. Still a very ancient piece. |
"Possibly" an Arkansas point |
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Type: Scottsbluff |
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| TWBPA15 |
A good-sized (for type) mottled light blue-gray and dark gray chert Scottsbluff |
Only documented |
350.00 |
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Knife form which is well formed and thoroughly flaked on both faces by an |
as being found in |
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experienced knapper. It's asymmetrical form was caused by ancient re- |
South Dakota |
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sharpenings which favored a single edge. A good attractive Plains Paleo piece |
Rogers COA |
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Type: Lanceolate dart |
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| TWBPA17 |
A nice, medium-sized, well made semi-translucent chalcedony Lanceolate dart |
Recovered on the |
250.00 |
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point which is thoroughly flaked on both faces by an experienced knapper. The |
Loup River in Central |
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form, especially along the base is quite asymmetrical, but the basal grinding |
Nebraska |
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along this edge indicates that this is as it was made and used in ancient times. |
Taylor COA |
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Type: Folsom |
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| TWBPA18 |
An ultra-thin and very colorful mottled red and purple jasper/flint Folsom dart |
Recovered from Billings, |
1,800.00 |
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point made on a flake. It's well flaked on side A, while side B retains a mostly flat |
Yellowstone Co., Montana |
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surface from the original flake's surface with intricate pressure flaking patterns |
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around both edges. It sustained a slight impact fracture to the tip in ancient times, |
Taylor COA |
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but is still quite an attractive, colorful piece with an extensive history of ownership. |
Jackson COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Firstview (Eden/Cody Complex) |
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| ELPA10 |
A very well made and well used Firstview knife/dart form in a very rare |
Recovered from |
550.00 |
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translucent yellow agate material. It's very well and thoroughly flaked on both |
Saguache Co., CO |
335.00 |
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faces by a very advanced knapper and has a diamond cross-section with a |
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median ridge on both faces. It shows some ancient usage wear marks to the |
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cutting edges as well as to the tip area. Even though it's a bit asymmetrical in |
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form, owing to it's ancient use, it's still quite an attractive piece. |
Taylor COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
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| ELPA11 |
A HIGHLY attractive caramel colored translucent agate Clovis Dart point in exceptional |
Recovered from |
975.00 |
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condition. Flaking patterns are thorough on both faces, although slightly in a random pattern |
Kane Co., UT |
775.00 |
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owing to ancient resharpenings of this jewel. It has slight, pleasant sun-bleached patina, |
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quite similar to the sun bleaching seen with many artifacts made from knife river flint. The |
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base of side A shows basal thinning with a hafting stop higher up in the center which is |
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probably the remnants of an original flute. Side B has a single, shallow and short flute to the |
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center. It has good basal grinding and is just a fine example of this most ancient type. |
Jackson COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Plainview |
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| TWBPA24 |
A very colorful dull off-white, gray and red chalcedony Plainview dart point which has |
Recovered from |
85.00 |
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seen better days. It has a couple of ancient usage nicks to opposing blade edges, an |
Texas |
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ancient nick to one auricle and an impact fracture to the tip. The auricle tip was most |
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likely lost as a result of the impact fracture. |
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| RPPA18 |
An extremely thin (for size) extremely well made, choice yellow-tan |
Found by Greg Perino |
1600.00 |
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chert Holland Knife form having very detailed and very thorough flaking |
in Pike Co., IL |
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patterns on both faces. It has excellent basal grinding and is a problem- |
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free artifact as fresh as the day it was made. Just a very choice piece. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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| RPPA19 |
A very large (for type), thin and very attractive cream and beige |
Recovered from |
1800.00 |
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colored chert Paleo Quad dart point/knife form. It's thoroughly flaked |
Tennessee |
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on both faces in mostly a random pattern and shows good basal |
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grinding. It has a single professionally repaired nick to one edge, |
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measuring 11/16" long by 1/4" wide (marked in red on the photos |
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above) but is otherwise "all there" as it was anciently made and used. |
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An outstanding and quite large example of this most scarce Paleo type. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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| RPPA16 |
A very nice, large, broad and sturdy off-white burlington chert |
Recovered from |
850.00 |
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Agate Basin Blade having thorough and exquisite flaking patterns |
Iowa |
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to both faces. Flaking patterns on side A are transverse to a |
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median line, while the patterns on side B are more of a random |
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fashion. This is a superior example of this most ancient type |
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dating between 8,500 to 10,200 years old. Additionally it shows |
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sparse white alkali deposits and has excellent basal grinding. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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| PA1132 |
A very meaty, brute of a Paleo Agate Basin Knife blade. It's made from |
Recovered from |
850.00 |
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beautiful sky-blue and white chert, and is thoroughly flaked on both faces, |
Henry Co., Iowa |
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mostly by percussion flaking by a very well-seasoned knapper. It has very |
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detailed secondary pressure flaking around it's cutting edges with only 1 |
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usage wear mark near it's tip on one edge. (left side in photo 3) It has heavy |
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mineral deposits to one corner of the basal area and is just a choice piece! |
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| PA1133 |
A very choice, fairly thin white Burlington chert Agate Basin |
Recovered from |
500.00 |
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blade which is very well flaked on both faces and problem-free. |
Boone Co., MO |
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| PA1131 |
A fairly large (for type) VERY thin and attractive snow-white |
Recovered from |
2200.00 |
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Burlington chert Paleo Clovis Dart/Knife blade. How this most |
Calhoun Co., IL |
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delicate ancient beauty survived the ages intact, I haven't a clue. |
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It has very thorough flaking patterns on both faces and 2 very |
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long flutes, one on each side. It has a single wear-chip near the |
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tip on one edge (left side in photo 3) and a slight ancient nibble |
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to the tip of one auricle (left auricle in photo 3) but is otherwise |
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in pristine condition for such an aged piece. |
Rogers COA |
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A fairly large and EXTREMELY RARE black obsidian Cougar |
Humboldt Co., NV |
5,000.00 |
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Mountain point. It's a nice sturdy piece having thorough flaking |
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4,000.00 |
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patterns to both faces and is heavily desert polished from thousands |
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of years of exposure to the elements. It has full stem Paleo grinding |
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and is "all there" as it was anciently used. A very rare offering! |
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| CHPA1 |
A fairly thin, yummy light tan and off-white chert Midland Dart point |
Offered by the original |
450.00 |
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which is very well flaked on side A with slight flat sections on side B |
finder(s) who recovered |
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near the tip. (right side of Photo 4) It has a very ancient nick to one |
this one from their own |
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corner of the base and it displays good, light Paleo basal grinding. Side |
property in Polk Co., TX |
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B has a section of very heavy mineral encrustation, which acts as a |
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testimony to this one's great antiquity. Overall a great Paleo dart point. |
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| MMPA5 |
A very attractive and extremely thin light tan chert Folsom dart |
Recovered from |
2400.00 |
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point, fluted and well flaked on both faces with just a slight ancient |
Refugio Co., TX |
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nick to the tip and to one edge near the base (left side in photo 4) |
Rogers COA |
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| MMPA6 |
A very dark bluish-black sonora flint Clovis dart point having a |
Recovered from |
1600.00 |
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lighter tan/brown diagonal vein. It's well worked and fluted on |
Bath Co., KY |
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both faces but has slight "Filler" Restoration to the upper |
Ex: Johnson |
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10% of the tip. Still an attractive piece which displays well. |
Ex: Davis |
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| MMPA3 |
A fairly large and very well formed light blue-gray Hornstone Paleo Clovis dart |
Only documented as |
500.00 |
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point which was probably at least 30% longer in it's original form. It has good |
being found in Kentucky |
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fluting on both faces, although the overall length of the flutes was reduced by |
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ancient re-working of the base. The tip is quite ragged, having been damaged |
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in ancient times, and the tip of both auricles shows ancient damage, although |
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one auricle was "re-worked" in ancient times. Still an interesting piece from the |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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earliest period of Native occupation in the new world. |
Jackson COA |
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| MMPA10 |
A very slender mottled off-white and light gray chert Beaver Lake blade. |
Recovered from |
650.00 |
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It's well flaked on both faces, although the flaking patterns are somewhat |
Hardin Co., KY |
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subdued from heavy patination. The cutting edges above the hafting area |
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have been anciently roughed out to create a more efficient cutting edge. |
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It has good, heavy basal grinding and is just a good Paleo piece. |
Rogers COA |
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| MMPA11 |
A fairly rugged and sturdy black chert fluted Clovis having an |
Recovered from |
1800.00 |
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overall "grainy" surface. It's well formed and well flaked on both |
Scioto Co., OH |
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faces with a nice single flute on each face and good basal grinding. |
Rogers COA |
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| MMPA14 |
A very stubby, very light bluish-white Fossilifreous |
Documented only as being found in |
550.00 |
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chert Paleo Clovis dart point, well worked on both |
the north-central region, but judging |
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faces with good basal grinding and nice mineralization. |
from the material, it's most likely |
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| MMPA15 |
A most interesting mottled dark purple and gray chert |
Recovered from |
275.00 |
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Unclassified Transitional Paleo dart point which retains |
Eastern South Carolina |
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traces from the initial percussion stages in it's center with |
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very intricate pressure flaking patterns along all 4 edges. Just |
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a fascinating Paleo piece made from a most unusual material. |
Stermer COA |
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| MMPA18 |
A very attractive and very long glossy light tan and off-white chert |
Found by Brian Feltner |
800.00 |
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Paleo Lanceolate point in excellent condition. It's well flaked on |
in Boone Co., TN |
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both faces but has a single vertical step to either side of side A, |
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near the edges just above the hafting line. Just a great piece! |
Rogers COA |
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