Neanderthal
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I usually practice catch n' release with scrapers and other tools, but I couldn't bring myself to toss this scraper. I found it a few days ago, the material was insta-schwing.
This duckbill end-scraper is made of Cotter Dolomite, which outcrops not too far from here. Pretty stuff, but you don't find a lot of artifacts made from it. Even though Cotter outcrops occur all of the way from NE OK to southern ILL, you won't find prettier varieties than occur here in the southwestern fringe of the Ozarks. The problem is that the stuff is very weathered (especially on the surface), fractured and too volatile to make anything of size with. When you can find nodules of it embedded in limestone it's much more robust and knapper-friendly, but it's not as common.
This duckbill end-scraper is made of Cotter Dolomite, which outcrops not too far from here. Pretty stuff, but you don't find a lot of artifacts made from it. Even though Cotter outcrops occur all of the way from NE OK to southern ILL, you won't find prettier varieties than occur here in the southwestern fringe of the Ozarks. The problem is that the stuff is very weathered (especially on the surface), fractured and too volatile to make anything of size with. When you can find nodules of it embedded in limestone it's much more robust and knapper-friendly, but it's not as common.
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