any help appreciated with stuff i've found

[Gnomey]

these were found in the field behind my house. (southwest, Ohio) can you tell what period its from or anything about them? any help is appreciated!!!








is it just a marble or could it be gameball artifact?? I found it near an old homesite, but then i found a couple broken peices of arrowheads there too. looks like its made of stone under handheld microscope.


is this a flint chip? how do you tell if its a knapped chip or naturally chipped flint? i found lots of them in one spot.



thanks!!!

[Wetgreenie]

Nice finds....

I used to look at a couple books quite a while ago (years).
This may not be any better than a guess but, id guess woodland era.

I used to get whipped up about those flakes too. You just never know for sure. but i can picture them being carried around to be worked during some down time.

[creekhunter]

Looks Woodland to me too, and the top one is a localized Chert, the flake is just that, but AWESOME FINDS NONE THE LESS

[Atlantis0077]

Afternoon,

Looks like a woodland stemmed point, a core, a late 1800's period clay marble and a flake tool. A site worth revisiting frequently.

Atlantis

[ohio]

That first point looks like classic four mile chert. NIce finds.
Chuck

[Ohio_Doug]

I agree the point looks woodland/adena. The second piece is a scraper/blade. The third is probably a flake from where they were making other points or tools (hence why you found alot in one spot). I would sift the crap out of that place, nice finds!

[Gnomey]

thanks guys for the replies. chuck how did you guess that?? i live only a few miles from four mile. yer good!

ohio doug- would you sift below where the plow reaches? the farmer didnt plow this year, he disced and planted soy, but i found the mother load of those flakes on the very edge of the field, so i think i can get away with diggin there.

BTW (if you havent already stumbled across it yerselfs) check out this map i found online of ohio mounds, they are EVERYWHERE!!! wow!!
http://www.gustavslibrary.com/mounddistributionmap.jpg

well im gonna go look some more!!!

[ohio]

Gnomey, it just looks classic for the type of lithic. I have quite a few points made of it and I would be willing to bet they were found right near you. My buddy lives in Richmond IN and we (before he started making babies) would hunt a lot in that area. In fact the point in my Avitar was found up near Richmond. Good luck out there.
Chuck