Every now and then fate shines on us and we manage to have a picture-perfect day such as yesterday, 8-17-10, in a field in Wash*ta County south of Clinton. It was a cool morning just following a fierce thunderstorm that unloaded nearly two inches in about an hour. I needn't explain what that does to the freshly plowed fields in terms of exposing flint. Moreover, the weather was cool, and it was my morning off. Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause!
The first photo (poor quality) shows a nice little bone chisel along with some broken points. Notice the white wide point. This really stood out as an exception to the little Wash*ta, Harrell, and Fresno points typically found around the campsites we're currently exploring.
The next group is a nice cross-section of pieces. In this group is a nice little Harrell point (top) and Wash*ta point (bottom row) in about as good condition as one can expect for a 600 year-old artifact. The field is still littered with flint but we moved on to a field in western Custer county where we stumbled onto another nice collection (to follow).
The first photo (poor quality) shows a nice little bone chisel along with some broken points. Notice the white wide point. This really stood out as an exception to the little Wash*ta, Harrell, and Fresno points typically found around the campsites we're currently exploring.
The next group is a nice cross-section of pieces. In this group is a nice little Harrell point (top) and Wash*ta point (bottom row) in about as good condition as one can expect for a 600 year-old artifact. The field is still littered with flint but we moved on to a field in western Custer county where we stumbled onto another nice collection (to follow).
