Half fluted point

[iowa trout]

Here is a point found in spring fed creek that mostly gives up side notches ,the one side has a heal or spur that must have been hard to work off so the flip side got a flute to help lighten/balance out? what are these types called?

 

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[The Grim Reaper]

That looks like a Woodland type point so that is not a flute in the true sense of the word. It is more than likely just where a large flake was removed while knapping it out and they just worked around it.

 

[SouthernGirl]

good looking point

 

[all_atv]

Is it rounded out like a bowl or spoon and perfectly smooth? If so I'd bet its from "fire pop". All the pieces that I've seen with fire pop were in a fire after being made. Yours looks like it was poped before being made into an arrowhead. Anouther possibility is that the core its from was a nodule or round ball of flint these can break along the rounded layers that make up the ball, just like if youve ever seen a broken jawbreaker candy. I have a blade or blank made from a nodule piece the first pic is the worked convex side. The secound is the not-as-worked concave side. This example shows a chalky layer on the bottom and also layers like the jawbreaker.
I'm no flute expert but I belive to be a flute or even a thining flake it would be flat and not dished out like yours appears to be.
By the way it was nice to meet you at the show IA trout.

 

[iowa trout]

Re: wannabee fluted point

Thanks fellas wannabee flute . I agree all atv a round rind core flake worked around the pop. Big show it was fun nice to meet you as well shure was dandy piece you had with ya.

 

[PrimitiveOne]

The fluted area is almost to smooth to be a "firepop". It looks like a big flake was removed during the thinning stage of the preform and the craftsman utilized this to make a finished point. I know when I'm knapping, any help in thinning is appreciated. Remember these were tools and not art so it probably cut the knapping process in half.