larson1951
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a few weeks ago john gives me some coffee cans of scrapers and some that were full of mostly broke points or blades now this might be boring to some of you so you can always ignore otoh i am going to post two images of mandan arrow points the north dakota historical dept did an extreme and thorough excavation about the 'scattered village' which lies underneath eastern mandan, north dakota a survey and tally was done on the broke arrow points found it was their determination that 56% of the broke points found were broken during the manufacturing process (by the notch area) the remaining 44% were broke due to impact fractures in conclusion here are two images that illustrate and back this study i hope you can let me know if this has been of any interest to you
broke during the manufacturing process
broke from impact fracture
broke during the manufacturing process
broke from impact fracture
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