Good day on the Southern Plains of Western Oklahoma

[docmann]

Had a particularly good day in Western Oklahoma last July. Here are a few of the finds.

 

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[welsbury]

Excellent hunt,love the sidenotchers. Do the 2 snapped points fit together? What are in pics 3&4? Good job.

 

[A2coins]

Wow great display finds that's amazing Thanks for sharing those cool finds. Tommy

 

[dognose]

the triangular points are nice. Congrats

 

[Older The Better]

You think they are washita or Cahokia?

 

[Tdog]

Are any of those pieces Alibates? You did good!

 

[Gene Mean]

Wow! That is awesome!

 

[RGINN]

Good day out, docmann. Nice Washita points and yep some alibates material in there. May have missed it, but haven't heard from you in a while.

 

[old digger]

Nice Finds! It's always nice to find those tri-notch arrow/arrowheads.

 

[docmann]

Yup, seems like about 75% of our points around here are from the Alibates outcropping near Amarillo. The only native stone is quartzite, which makes a rough-looking artifact. The oval spokeshave is obsidian.
Thanks for your comments.

 

[docmann]

Na, the broken pieces are positioned just for reference. Rarely, I’ll find two fragments that match, but typically not. The third photo is of an obsidian spokeshave, and the forth is a scapula with a nice sharp bevel still on the edge. I strongly suspect a scapula hoe. Thanks for your comments.

 

[docmann]

OTB, our archaeology friends tell us these were Wichita, semi-nomadic. ~AD 950 to 1250.

 

[docmann]

Thanks for all of the nice comments, gang. I’m headed out to the Cooper Mountain area off the Brazos River in a week or two. Hope to have some nice corner-notched pieces to show. I’ll show some more of my local pieces along the way. I look forward to getting acquainted and reacquainted with you all!

 

[roy2bears]

What's the item in your hand? Are you in the panhandle? And I have detected with Mike a few times.

 

[docmann]

That’s an obsidian spokeshave. Pretty little find.
you need to get Mike back out now that he’s retired!
Thanks for the comments!

 

[arrow86]

Nice finds .... the notched points are really cool iv always liked that style

 

[Trezurehunter]

Looks like it was a great day for you. Those are some nice pieces.