I want to see some paleo points

[Older The Better]

It may have already been done but let’s see some of your paleo points... unfortunately I haven’t found one yet to kick things off.

 

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[GB Paleo]

Here is a large Paleo Crescent from the Great Basin......not a point necessarily but a Paleo piece.

 

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[11KBP]

I’ve posted this Angostura point before but here it is again.

First image is a scan of two 1976 photos (I was taking in situ pics long before it became an internet fad).
The second image is a more recent in-hand pic.

 

[newnan man]

I’ve posted this Angostura point before but here it is again.

First image is a scan of two 1976 photos (I was taking in situ pics long before it became an internet fad).
The second image is a more recent in-hand pic.

That is a definate screamer!

 

[Older The Better]

Here is a large Paleo Crescent from the Great Basin......not a point necessarily but a Paleo piece.

What were the crescents? Just Knives or did the have a more specific purpose?

 

[southfork]

What were the crescents? Just Knives or did the have a more specific purpose?

Always found along old dry lake beds some say traverse points for ducks and birds or processing reeds maybe ?

 

[southfork]

What were the crescents? Just Knives or did the have a more specific purpose?

Always found along old dry lake beds some say traverse points for ducks and birds or processing reeds maybe ?

 

[southfork]

SILVER LAKE - Late Paleo to Early Archaic 11,000 - 7,000 B.P. fine grained basalt personal find N. California

 

[southfork]

CrowField 11,000 - 10,000 B.P. flint upstate NEW YORK this was a gift to me when I was a kid . It fell off the wall and broke a little piece off the right ear which I had restored by DR GOMER . Its real thin and only fluted on one side . Found a photo of reverse side .

 

[welsbury]

CrowField 11,000 - 10,000 B.P. flint upstate NEW YORK this was a gift to me when I was a kid . It fell off the wall and broke a little piece off the right ear which I had restored by DR GOMER . Its real thin and only fluted on one side .

What a wonderful gift,somebody liked you.

 

[GB Paleo]

Another western Paleo piece......Great Basin Windust

 

[southfork]

Central Sierras..... Lake Mojave 11,000 - 9,600 Great Basin Stemmed Cluster fine grained basalt personal find Tilly's Hill Site N. California .

 

[newnan man]

Central Sierras..... Lake Mojave 11,000 - 9,600 Great Basin Stemmed Cluster fine grained basalt personal find Tilly's Hill Site N. California .

Do you think those flutes/thinning flakes were on purpose or the result of chipping the shape out? I've never seen anything quite like it. If you have seen others similar that should tell you something. Thanks for sharing.

 

[southfork]

Do you think those flutes/thinning flakes were on purpose or the result of chipping the shape out? I've never seen anything quite like it. If you have seen others similar that should tell you something. Thanks for sharing.

Both sides are the same depth I have a few partial Bifaces with short flutes / thinning flakes ? from the same site made from silicified Sandstone ? that the old timers liked .

 

[GB Paleo]

The Western Stemmed Culture did use percussion flaking on many of their points and we do see lots of those types of flutes/big thinning flakes.

 

[GB Paleo]

Here is a very nice Obsidian Haskett/Cougar Mountain base that was reused and made into a nice Chisel tipped point.

 

[southfork]

Nice long stem with the shoulders I'm liking Cougar Mountain Nice example of Great Basin Stemmed Cluster .

 

[southfork]

Another site frame from Tilly's Hill N. California a mix of Paleo Great Basin Stemmed Points and Archaic early and Late .

 

[joshuaream]

Here are a couple of pieces that were in frames that I bought over the years.

A Frederick, a Folsom base, and an Allen point. Colorado, Colorado and Kansas if I remember correctly.

 

[southfork]

WINDUST-HATWAI Paleo to Early Archaic 10,500 - 8000 B.P. found on the Apple Hill site N. California .

 

[diggingthe1]

Here are a couple that may be, let me know what you all think. Found in south central Colorado! Im pretty sure the white base is.