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Frio Point
tan and gray chert, 2 inches long
Mid Archaic to Woodland Period 3000 BC to 500 AD
Found June 6, 1992 on desert surface, near the Hueco Mountains, Texas.
Gregory D. Everhart holds the base fragment of an approximately 13,000 year old Clovis Period projectile point he discovered at the District's Cochiti Lake, N.M. U.S. Army photo by Gregory D. Everhart, Jan. 27, 2010
No idea how old it might be, my father mentioned finding an arrow head after a tornado destroyed Standale back in April '56, this might be it.
It measures 1 3/8" ( 35MM ) long by 11/16" ( 18MM ) wide by 1/4" ( 6MM ) thick
Found this a bit upslope from the potsherd, in the existing pipeline corridor. It's really small for a Kent, but has the asymmetrical shape, lack of fine flaking, and cortical base. This point helped me redeem myself after walking right over one 20 meters west, in an erosional wash.
A Bell Point recovered during excavations at 41KR621 (the Gatlin site), Kerr County, Texas. Bell Points are very thin, finely worked and usually broken. They date to the later part of the Early Archaic period, roughly 5,000 years ago and are associated with bison hunting. I took this photo in a rough studio setting for inclusion in an interim report.
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Flintknapping ban has been lifted, I came home and started on this #normanskill #flutedpoint I should reshape it a little and one flute did not travel far at all? Other side went to almost the tip. #paleoindian #paleo #clovis #arrowhead #projectilepoint #experimentalarchaeology #crafts #boomimback #lithics #newyorkchert. Thanks to the dude doing the knapping demonstration at #hammonassetstatepark for this chunk of normanskill. ift.tt/2hnYh93
I didn't find this one myself, but this came from a shovel test. It's really well made from high-quality chert, definitely not local material. It's basically complete, and the tip is still pretty sharp.
This was the only diagnostic lithic we found during our reconnaisance survey in Louisiana. It was on a cleared dirt road. We did not observe any other artifacts in the vicinity. I'm not familiar with Louisiana point types, but in Texas the morphology of the base and shoulders is generally associated with the Late Archaic
"Paleo hunters made tools for everyday tasks such as hunting and defense. First, they went to a nearby chert quarry, used by members of their band. Using a hammerstone, they broke pieces of stone from the outcrop and chipped them into rough symmetrical blades, called preforms. The preform was then chipped, or knapped in several stages to form a thinner well-shaped point. Deer antler tools were used to create a sharp, fine edge on the stone points by using pressure to remove smaller flakes. Some spear points were bound to an ivory foreshaft that was then attached to a socketed wooden spear shaft. Upon entering the prey, the spear could be pulled free, leaving the foreshaft and point embedded in the animal. " ~ Display at the Florida Museum of Natural History. (Photo 091712-015.jpg) Paleo Tools: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=945 (expected publication December 2012) Mammoth: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=1023 (expected publication December 2012) Knapping: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=1061 (expected publication December 2012).
Paleoindians section of the Division of Historical Resources - Florida Museum of History - Where I used to work - September 17, 2012: A Walk Down Memory Lane - revisiting College Town - Tallahassee, Florida. (c) 2012 - photography by Leaf McGowan, Thomas Baurley, Eadaoin Bineid - technogypsie.com. To purchase this photo or to obtain permission to use, go to www.technogypsie.com/photography/
"PALEOINDIANS: The earliest people who inhabited North America are called Paleoindians. They came to Florida during the end of the last Ice Age, at least 12,000 years ago. Their way of life lasted for about 2,500 years. Archaeologists have found few Paleoindian sites. If, as it seems likely, these early people lived along the coast of Florida, their settlements have been covered by the rising sea level. Compared to later Florida Indian cultures, Paleoindians lived in small, widely dispersed groups. Their artifacts are ofte
Liz found this while we were working out by the airport. It's a projectile point (arrowhead) made of slate. The other things we found were cowboy trash and an angry swooping hawk.
Hunting for arrowheads takes patience and dilligence. There are a lot of distractions but in the end it is great exercise and a load off my mind.
This was among my fathers belongings, so i have no information on it, it might be the one my father mentioned finding in Standale in '56.
Green obsidian knife finished. Hafted with hide glue to hold the blade in the antler, wrapped with 20 feet of gut to build up a hand guard, hide glue on top of this, and finished with beeswax. Top of knife is closest to ruler.
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Large flakes came off the middle preform biface. Might make a hardaway point #northcarolina #rhyolite #flintknapping #preform #hardaway #projectilepoint #paleo #paleoindian #paleolithic #experimental archaeology #crafts ift.tt/2iRdXlk