Another Holsten River find… celt

[digi-shots]

Here’s another item gifted to me.. a celt found in the Holsten River in 1987.

Can anyone help identify the material and perhaps date the celt?

Thanks for looking!

 

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[Older The Better]

Celts unfortunately are tough to date out of context but it’s a nice artifact

 

[dirstscratcher]

I understand celts to have succeeded grooved axes so post archaic, but not a hard and fast rule. In my area in N. Ohio, we can generally separate late woodland from early and middle woodland in that late woodland tend to have only the bits finished and polished. Unfortunately I have no pics handy

 

[dognose]

From Lar Hothems book, "Indian Axes & Related Stone Artifacts" this celt would be classified as an Adena round polled celt, an early Woodland form. The tapered celt in cross section has a rounded or oval configuration.

The celt is the axe form from sometime before 1000 BC until widespread contact with Europeans, averaged at ca. AD 1650. This includes all of the Woodland period (1000 BC - AD 1000) and the Mississippian period ( AD 800 - 1500).
Page 94-95

 

[digi-shots]

I checked the poll area and it is rounded/oval…
early Woodland?

 

[Tdog]

I like that celt. It's a smoker of a find!

 

[Relicgrubber]

Dognose beat me to it

 

[Older The Better]

Trying not to let it bother me because I think you are right about the form being woodland but it is bugging me… celts aren’t strictly woodland if you want to be technical, but being practical, woodland is a safe assumption for most celts

 

[digi-shots]

I really appreciate all the replies. It makes it a lot easier to understand the shapes and variations when others comment and share their knowledge.

I have a few other celts that I’ll post in a new thread.