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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 |
| Item: |
Type: Cumberland |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TWBPA1 |
A gorgeous sky-blue,
blue-gray Kentucky hornstone Cumberland dart/knife blade which |
Recovered from |
SOLD |
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has a good sized flute on
both faces with intricate pressure flaking patterns around all edges. |
Wayne Co., KY |
12/17 |
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Side A's flute is slightly off-centered and it has a
slight, 1/4" long impact fracture to the tip on |
Berner
COA |
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the face of side B. The base is slightly asymmetrical
on this well-made and rare piece. |
Perino COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Dalton |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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 |
Provenance: |
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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 |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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
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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
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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 |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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.
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Jackson COA |
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Overall quite an attractive and most ancient,
double-papered piece. |
Perino COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Folsom |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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
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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 |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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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| Item: |
Type: Milnesand |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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 |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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
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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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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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: Paleo Cougar
Mountain |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TCPPA1 |
A most unusual and VERY
rare mottled light blue and light gray chert Paleo Cougar Mountain |
Offered by the original |
2,500.00 |
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Dart point/knife form.
It's highly unusual to find this rare type in any material other than |
finder who recovered
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obsidian or dacite. It has good mineralization and
some crystal inclusion pitting to the surface
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this one in Kane Co., UT
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where more crystalline sections weathered away. It
shows very ancient usage nicking to the
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(Full details to buyer) |
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tip and the end of the base is flat from it's original
manufacture. It's reasonably thin but sturdy
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with good basal edge grinding. The flaking patterns
are thorough on both faces but primitive
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and it has 2 vertical ledges (not stacks) in the
center of side B. Quite a rare, interesting and
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attractive piece, seldom seen offered for sale. |
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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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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| Item: |
Type: Scottsbluff |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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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| Item: |
Type: Clovis |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TWBPA16 |
A very nice, fairly long
(for type) high grade light blue-gray flint Clovis dart point/knife |
Recovered from |
2,600.00 |
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form which is very well
flaked on both faces with a single wide flute on side A, slightly |
Las Cruces, NM |
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off-centered caused by ancient re-sharpenings along
one edge of the blade and having |
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2 indirect percussion flutes to side B. It has a very
slight clip to the tip of one auricle,
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but is otherwise "all there" as anciently made and
used. A very attractive piece |
Rogers
COA |
8/28
ON-HOLD
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| Item: |
Type: Lanceolate dart |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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
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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 |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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,
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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: Folsom |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TWBPA22 |
A very attractive, very
delicate orangish-tan and red Crowley's Ridge Cobble chert G9(!) Folsom |
Recovered from |
2,600.00 |
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dart point just about as
fresh as the day it was made. It has excellent and thorough flaking patterns |
Jackson Co., AR |
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on side A with a well-centered shallow flute ending
with a slight hafting stop. Side B is also well
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flaked but mostly only around the edges with 2
side-by-side indirect percussion flutes running from
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Partain
COA
(Folsom) |
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the base to just past the horizontal centerline. It
retains a very slight trace of the fluting nipple in the
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Davis
COA
(G9 Barnes) |
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center of the base. (photos 7 & 8) Quite an
exceptional piece which comes with 3 COA's. |
Jackson
COA
(Folsom) |
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| Item: |
Type: Firstview
(Eden/Cody Complex) |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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 |
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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 |
Provenance: |
Price |
| 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 |
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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 |
Provenance: |
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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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Type: |
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| JCPA10 |
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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Substantially Reduced! |
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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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| BMPA13 |
An extremely attractive
semi- |
Found in
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SOLD |
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translucent yellow Hixton quartzite
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Mondovi, WI |
Price Reduced! |
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Agate Basin point measuring 2-3/4" |
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x 1-3/16", showing a section of the
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original host stone's rind on side B
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Rogers
COA |
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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
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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
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Ex: Johnson
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10% of the tip. Still an attractive piece which
displays well. |
Ex: Davis
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Rogers
COA |
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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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Type: |
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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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Type: |
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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
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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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from Illinois or Missouri |
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Stermer
COA |
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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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Type: |
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Price |
| 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
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