finds

[dognose]

This first small point is an unusual shape. Could have been knapped for a specific type of tool.




Found this small bifurcate just off the road, flipped it out of the dirt thinking it was a flake.


Than found this nice thumb scrapper


A nice blade

 

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[GaRebel1861]

Nice finds. I really like that material y’all have up there.

 

[NCPeaches]

Super nice finds and that first one is very curious!

 

[arrow86]

Great finds , that blade is awesome I love the lines running thru it

 

[Hawks88]

Those are some real good looking finds. Congrats

 

[unclemac]

is that your camera or are they really all made from the same material?

 

[dognose]

They are all different material
I think the first is made of a flint ridge,
The second point, small bifercate is a light green, attica chert, also known as Indiana green.

the thumb scraper is a nice white flint, possibly burlington.

 

[joshuaream]

That first one is for shooting around trees, at least that is what my grandfather told me for every crooked arrowhead I showed him.

Those bifurcates are fairly old points, and like many other groups in the Early Archaic period, they made specialized scraper/knife forms. Albany scraper by San Patrice makers, Edgefield by the Bolen makers, Red River knife by Scottsbluff makers. They might have had different uses, but at some point their tool kit became a lot less specialized than previous groups. Basically instead of having 50 different tools in the tool box like a Paleo person would, they showed up on the job with 4 or 5 and got it done.

 

[welsbury]

That material is very nice,a bluegreen mixture?pretty stuff.With a small handle,first one would make a useful tang type knife it looks like.