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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[kor]

Here's a selection of Paleo points (and a large knife) that were found by my father and I, mostly Wayne Co., Ohio. I could fill at least a few large frames with all the busted bases we've found

 

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[quito]

Colorado agate basin.

 

[quito]

Plate chalcedony plainview from South Dakota. You don’t see to many pieces of this material worked down so far.

 

[southfork]

From Artifact Jacks collection found by FL Latta . Tulare Lake Fluted - Clovis Cluster 12,000 - 10,000 BP Central California

 

[welsbury]

That would have been a fun place to hunt back when they first found that area. All kinds of older things.

 

[quito]

KRF agate basin from North Dakota

 

[MAMucker]

Sorry for the delay. Brain dead (almost). Anyway:

View attachment 1734085 Left to right, HIGHLY resharpened fluted (both sides) QUARTZ clovis I found in 1984, "hornstone" clovis from 2016, Palmer in Delaware River Black Flint found in 1984, Hardaway Dalton, same time frame and please tell me, big Sandy?

View attachment 1734087 Clovis, Hardaway Dalton and Cumberland.

View attachment 1734089 Clovis, Clovis and please let me know.

Thanks for looking. The "tan" material is the "Vera Cruz" jasper from Pennsylvania. There is a little park there, and I went with a guide a couple times to collect on private property within a few miles of the park.

Smokey,
Those are very nice Paleo Points. I really appreciate that you add detailed information like lithic material to your posts. The combination of type, material and location found is so valuable to us (students).

 

[quito]

Frederick point from North Dakota made from KRF.

 

[dirstscratcher]

Sheriden Cave, Wyandot County, Ohio, excavated in the late 1990's.

 

[scotto]

Great pics y'all.

 

[quito]

Paleo lanceolate obviousness down to knife form now. Not much left of it but the only complete paleo piece I’ve found round here.

 

[southfork]

Cougar Mountain 11,000 to 9.000 B.P. found on the Apple Hill site Camino N. California personal find .

 

[newnan man]

Sheriden Cave, Wyandot County, Ohio, excavated in the late 1990's.

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I lived in Ohio for 30 years & never heard of Sheridan Cave until I moved back to Florida. Thanks for sharing.

 

[dirstscratcher]

Depending on when you lived here, It's presence may not have been known. It's associated with what was known as Indian Trail Caverns. The caverns were a tourist attraction since the early 30's or 40's. In the early 90's, the owner suspected that a big sinkhole behind the entrance was another entrance to the caverns. He had a large crane and clam shell bucket dig down and the new cave was discovered, and it was filled with ice age animal bones. A paleontology dig was conducted for a couple years and after the first bone point was found, it became an archaeological dig. And the rest as they say is history. Both Sheriden Cave and Indian Trail Caverns are now both closed.

This is the original discovery of the cave


This is a view inside.

 

[newnan man]

Depending on when you lived here, It's presence may not have been known. It's associated with what was known as Indian Trail Caverns. The caverns were a tourist attraction since the early 30's or 40's. In the early 90's, the owner suspected that a big sinkhole behind the entrance was another entrance to the caverns. He had a large crane and clam shell bucket dig down and the new cave was discovered, and it was filled with ice age animal bones. A paleontology dig was conducted for a couple years and after the first bone point was found, it became an archaeological dig. And the rest as they say is history. Both Sheriden Cave and Indian Trail Caverns are now both closed.

This is the original discovery of the cave
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This is a view inside.
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I moved back to Florida in 1983. I heard of Sheridan cave maybe 10 years ago and have read about all the fossils & points found there. It was a great discovery. I didn't live near that area. Most of Ohio has a lot of great areas to search with rich histories.

 

[Charl]

These are usually interpreted as an Eastern correlate to Agate Basin. Cumberland, RI. Quartzite. If and when they are found in a dated context, they will receive a formal regional type name...





Looks like this NM fluted point was never finished...





During the most recent Sugarloaf, Ma., dig, Gary Folgelman, who owned and edited Indian Artifact Magazine, dug this up. Made of rhyolite, it's the largest fluted point known from New England. It was unfinished, and it was broken by farm machinery driving atop its burial location.





These too were from the Paleo encampment at Sugarloaf.

 

[southfork]

This case is a site frame of Paleo - Early Archaic - Late Archaic , The center piece is a HASKETT 12,000 - 8,000 B.P. 3"1/8 inches long Basalt all personal finds private property Tilly's Hill N. California .

 

[Older The Better]

Charl that’s a great idea putting drawings in with the points gives the broken ones more pop

 

[welsbury]

Thanks Charl for informative post with great pics. I think I remember that story in IAM.

 

[welsbury]

Dandy frame Dennis. Tilly's Hill about covered the whole time frame in habitation it seems.