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Axes
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This page contains Axes, celts and other hard stone ancient native
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Indian relics. (See the flint tools page for "flaked" tools, such as
drills, scrapers, |
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knife blades,
etc.) |

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| ACTO16 |
A quite scarce and nice
miniature grinding set |
Recovered on private farmland near
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175.00 |
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consisting of a small
mortar stone having a single |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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concave surface and a ball pestle. Smaller grinding
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1950's through 1960's
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sets such as these were used to grind-up spices as
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well as materials used for painting pictographs. The |
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mortar has a single slight plow scar on the bottom. |
Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACTO17 |
A loaf stone shapped
miniature |
Recovered on private farmland near
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50.00 |
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mortar having very
shallow, yet to |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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be developed concave sections on
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1950's through 1960's
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both faces. Quite a scarce piece |
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| TPTO349 |
A fair-sized gray hard
stone Archaic |
Lake Co., OR
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300.00 |
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"Potato Masher" Pestle in
excellent |
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condition. Definitely a rare find! |
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| ACTO19 |
A nice green granite
miniature |
Recovered on private farmland near
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50.00 |
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grinding pestle/net weight |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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having a single incised groove
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1950's through 1960's
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all the way around this piece |
(More information to buyer)
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACTO20 |
A nice miniature dark gray
hard stone |
Recovered on private farmland near
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35.00 |
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grinding mortar having
somewhat shallow |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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concave grinding areas on both sides. |
1950's through 1960's
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACTO21 |
A quite scarce and nice
miniature grinding set |
Recovered on private farmland near
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250.00 |
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consisting of a small
mortar stone having a concave |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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surface on both sides and a ball pestle. Smaller
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1950's through 1960's
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grinding sets such as these were used to grind-up
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spices as well as materials used for painting
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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pictographs. This set is in excellent condition |
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| ACTO33 |
A black and white granite
Atlatl weight which |
Recovered on private farmland near
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350.00 |
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has HEAVY gray and brown
alkali and |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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mineral encrustation all over it's entire surface. |
1950's through 1960's
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It has a vertical groove where the Atlatl shaft
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rested and a horizontal groove for the binding. |
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Some of the encrustation has chipped away,
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revealing the underlying original host stone's
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surface. A VERY RARE piece! |
Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| JFTO2 |
A very scarce reddish-gray
volcanic |
Recovered in
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250.00 |
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rock Phallic Mortar. It
has some ancient |
Central California
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usage marks, but no modern damage |
(Name of finder to buyer) |
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| DFTO2 |
A nice greenish-gray
hardstone |
Recovered in
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120.00 |
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Celt from the Archaic
period |
West Branch, MI |
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| MHTO926 |
A nicely polished green |
Found by L.L. Valdivia 35 |
150.00 |
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hardstone mini axe-hammer head |
miles east of Mazatlon,
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Concepcion, Sinaloa, MX |
dlow926 |

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| MHTO932 |
A very small, nicely
polished black |
Recovered in |
150.00 |
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Full Grooved mini Axe head
having |
Concepcion,
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the usual surface scratches and a chip |
Sinalon, MX |
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from the center of the cutting edge |
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dlow932 |

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| MHTO938 |
A small polished
greenish-gray |
Found in Prtodelas |
175.00 |
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jade 3/4 grooved mini-axe
head |
Canoas, Sin, MX |
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having damage to the cutting
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edge (photos 5 & 6) |
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dlow938 |

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| GETO5 |
A nice volcanic, triangular
mortar |
Found in
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185.00 |
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paired with a damaged
mortar, still |
Fort Rock, OR
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a good marriage, despite her flaws |
(Details to buyer) |
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| GBTO4 |
A very scarce gray lava
rock quern stone |
Found in Northern California
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200.00 |
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(foot mortar) in very good
condition (See |
in Modoc Territory |
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Carrol B. Howe's Ancient Modocs of
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California and Oregon, page 30 for other
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samples of this type as well as how they
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were used) |
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| GBTO5 |
A quite scarce two handled
"horned" volcanic |
Found in Northern California
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200.00 |
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rock Mano having 4 slight
chip marks around |
in Modoc Territory |
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the edges to the bottom grinding area. (See
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Emory Strong's Stoneage in the Great Basin,
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page 218 for other samples of this type) |
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| GBTO6 |
A very scarce gray quern
stone (foot |
Found in Northern California
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175.00 |
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mortar) in very good
condition and |
in Modoc Territory |
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quite worn down from ancient useage.
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(See Carrol B. Howe's Ancient
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Modocs of California and Oregon,
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page 30 for other samples of this type |
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as well as for how they were used) |
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| MHTO920 |
A nicely polished
greenish-black hardstone |
Recovered in |
130.00 |
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Pestle in perfect
condition with the |
Humboldt Co., CA
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exception of one minor chip to the side,
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extending from the business end (Photo 4) |
Ex: Davis |
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| TO87 |
A fine grained gray basalt
flaked combination axe |
Recovered in the
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45.00 |
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and hammer head having all
the proper traces of |
Nevada Desert |
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use wear and excellent mineralization as a
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testimony to it's antiquity. This one was probably
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used to knock out better flint material from
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outcrops at a quarry site and is quite a scarce item |
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| GBTO2 |
A very neat little notched |
Undocumented, most |
30.00 |
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orange-brown stone net
sinker |
likely Northern California |
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Ex: Charles Miles |
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| ACTO8 |
A fairly thick and quite
hefty gray Donut stone, |
Recovered on private farmland near
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125.00 |
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which was quite chewed-up
by farming machinery. |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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These were used on the end of digging sticks to
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1950's through 1960's
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add more power to the downward thrust when
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dislodging edible roots and are quite rare items |
Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| TPTO352 |
A medium-sized gray porous
volcanic rock Archaic |
Lake Co., OR
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150.00 |
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Roller Pestle having
substantial alkali deposits |
(Full history to buyer) |
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| TPTO348 |
A porous gray volcanic rock
Archaic |
Lake Co., OR
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250.00 |
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combination Pestle/Mano stone having a single |
(Full history to buyer) |
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flat Mano-style working surface but also
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showing usage wear to the ends, as a Pestle. |
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| ACTO31 |
A brown stone Net Weight
which has a |
Recovered on private farmland near
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95.00 |
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shallow pecked groove
running vertically |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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all around this ancient piece. It's in
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1950's through 1960's
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excellent condition, as it was made. |
(More information to buyer)
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| TPTO345 |
A pretty wicked gray hard
stone Archaic full-grooved Maul. |
Lake Co., OR
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125.00 |
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The groove is quite
shallow and it has a fair-sized chip from |
(Full history to buyer) |
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one of it's business ends, which would indicate actual
use as |
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a hammer stone/maul, but I'm not totally convinced
that this
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one was "completed" for it's intended purpose. |
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| ACTO25 |
A greenish-gray granite Net
Weight |
Recovered on private farmland near
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75.00 |
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having a shallow pecked
groove travelling |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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vertically all around this ancient piece. It's |
1950's through 1960's
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completely intact as it was made. |
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACTO27 |
A fairly pitted green
granite Net Weight |
Recovered on private farmland near
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110.00 |
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having a shallow pecked
groove travelling |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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vertically all around this ancient piece. I'm
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1950's through 1960's
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just amazed at all of the work which must
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have gone into making this ancient artifact |
Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACTO29 |
An uncompleted black and
off-white granite |
Recovered on private farmland near
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50.00 |
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Net Weight in it's preform
stage, before a |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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groove was pecked into it's surface to
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1950's through 1960's
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facilitate binding. It has a single shallow nick |
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(photo 6) but is otherwise "all there" |
Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| DATO708 |
A nicely polished black, on
one face, mottled |
Found on the |
45.00 |
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green on the other, Jadite
"Rubbing" or |
Columbia River
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Polishing Stone used during the hide-tanning
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in Oregon |
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process and having a few rough sections to it's |
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surfaces and some nicking to the edges |
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| DATO707 |
A somewhat polished plain
gray "Rubbing" or |
Found on the |
30.00 |
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Polishing Stone used
during the hide-tanning |
Columbia River
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process and having a slight surface crack near
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in Oregon |
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the edge of one end.
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| ACTO32 |
A small greenish-gray "dog
stone", |
Recovered on private farmland near
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20.00 |
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used as a bolo with the
stone |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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encased in a leather pouch |
1950's through 1960's
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(More information to buyer)
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACTO34 |
A green hard stone Atlatl
Weight which |
Recovered on private farmland near
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125.00 |
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lost repeated battles with
a farming plow, |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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but still remained about 80% intact. It has
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1950's through 1960's
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grayish alkali deposits on it's surfaces as a
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testimony to it's great antiquity |
Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACTO37 |
A very plain Jane gray
hardstone |
Recovered on private farmland near
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Celt from the late Archaic period |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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12/9 |
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1950's through 1960's
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(More information to buyer)
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| JCTO5 |
A neat, and quite unusual
(for type) brick-red |
Recovered in
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50.00 |
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pecked "toed" Net Weight
in excellent condition |
Humboldt Co., NV |
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| TPTO350 |
Somewhat crude, ill defined
flat stone net |
Lake Co., OR
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A - 3.00 |
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weights recovered on an
old Archaic site. |
(Full history to buyer) |
B - 5.00 |
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C - 6.00 |
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D - 4.00 |
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Please specify both the
item number AND LETTER when ordering. |

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| TPTO356 |
A very dark gray porous
volcanic rock Mano |
Lake Co., OR
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85.00 |
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stone which has an
unexplained hole intentionally |
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pecked into it's upper face, to what purpose, I
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haven't a clue. Quite a unique item. |
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| DFTO3 |
A section of a sandstone
shaft abrader |
From an old collection recovered
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15.00 |
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having a single groove on
side A. |
in Southern Oregon |
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| DATO709 |
A fairly thin (for type)
but sturdy, somewhat rough |
Found on the |
50.00 |
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mottled light
greenish-gray Adze Bit. These are |
Columbia River
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fairly scarce finds, often overlooked in the field |
in Oregon |
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| TPTO361 |
Just a HUGE hunk of
petrified wood, found on an Archaic site where |
Lake Co., OR
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45.00 |
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the predominant choice of
stone for arrowheads and tools was |
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obsidian, so this one was definitely out of it's own
neighborhood, and
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was most likely traded into the area from much further
north. It shows
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"some" chipping, where it's owner "might" have started
using it as a
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mother or core stone, but I can't definitively say
with absolute certainty. |
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So, for now, it's just a rock. |
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| TPTO351 |
A HUGE (for type) gray uni-faced
Scraper, |
Lake Co., OR
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30.00 |
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found on an early Archaic
site. This one was |
(Full history to buyer) |
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definitely for use on the BIG game animals! |
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| DGTO2 |
A most interesting pair of
arrow shaft |
Recovered in
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180.00 |
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straighteners made from
salvaged remnants |
Santa Barbara Co., CA |
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of 2 stone bowls. One is made from black |
(Chumash Territory) |
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steatite and the other is made from a schist |
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which has a substantial amount of mica
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content. Both display a curvature on their
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undersides from the interior of the original
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bowls. Definitely a story written in stone !
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| CFTO3 |
A somewhat crude,
full-grooved |
Quay Co., NM |
SOLD
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Archaic basalt Axe head.
It has nice |
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usage polish to the bit, and ancient usage |
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traces to the butt end. A very old relic
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| DATO451 |
A crudely shaped gray
basalt |
Found on the
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22.00 |
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double notched Net weight |
Columbia River |
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in Oregon |
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Hard Stone Tools page 3
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