1st insitu pic. need some info.

[musky44]

i have taken several insitu pics with my phone, this is the first time i had my camera. what i was wondering about was the skinny black point. is that a thinning flake taken out of the bottom or could it be a wee little flute. i have nothing like it to compare to. probably just wishful thinkin. if anyone has any advice or even similar pics , i would appreciate it. thanks [attach5]

 

[Neogeo]

Great insitu......wonderful.....thanx for the view.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Any grinding one the base? It doesn't look like it from the pictures but you can't always see everything in a picture. The Paleo Indians loved that black Coshocton Flint so it just might be a Late Paleo/Early Archaic type piece. It's a nice find either way.

 

[theviking]

Very interesting point, great insitu. Thanks for the look.H.H.

 

[pickaway]

Real nice find...

 

[Get-the-point]

Could you kindly post a picture of both sides. This way we can all get a look at its manufacture and give you a better clue..............So far that is looking like a flute, could be a thinning flute though. If you show both sides we all get a better look at the auricles and see if there is possible break or thinning and see if it is made that way................it is a nice find...................thanks .........................GTP

 

[Plainsgirl97]

Musky,
Nice shot. Incredible piece. I usually don't have the patience or discipline to get the pic before the point!
Great work.
PG

 

[ohio]

Killer find! Nice pic too.

Congrats,

Chuck

 

[joshuaream]

Great find, and cool pictures.

If you look at your pictures you can see the ripples in the flake are angled a bit, which to me indicates that it was a thinning flake vs an intentional flute.

This picture kind of shows what I mean, the flake was taken from an angle vs a flute which is usually taken in the middle of the piece, strait up the axis of the biface.

 

[musky44]

thanks for all the kind words and help. here are some pics of the other side. [attach7]

 

[Th3rty7]

Very nice find and artifact musky.

 

[Tnmountains]

A beauty and the thinning strike that went ouch gives it some history. Rare and nice.
Thanks for sharing sir.

 

[*Molly*]

Nobody knows what type it is then?

Molly.

 

[Th3rty7]

Nobody knows what type it is then?

Molly.

Kind of hard to confidently put that piece into a specific type. Personally I'd call it a late paleo to early archaic knife or preform from just looking at a 2d picture, jmo. It's something you'd have to study in hand to give an honest appraisal I think.

 

[Treefrog]

i really like blades like that, maybe a Copena round base? 4000-1200 b.p.?

 

[lostlake88]

Personally I think that flute channel is the result of an undesirable "stack" the maker wanted to jettison. You see these flutes all the time on early archaic pieces

 

[*Molly*]

Thanks for the info guys. Interesting. First time I have seen a fluted notched point.

Molly.

 

[*Molly*]

I was very curious about his blade. I asked a friend of mine that has been collecting & studying for many many years & he said It's basal thining not fluting. Ovate blade or preform.
Still a killer find Musky Congrats..

Molly.

 

[littlekan]

Your camara takes better pics. of musky. Nice stuff there I can't wait til its in my hand !!!

 

[uniface]

My guess (FWIW) is that it's a re-base : the snapped-off blade section of a hafted point that was long enough to coax some further use out of by thinning the base enough to re-haft it. It's a strategy that goes back at least to Dalton times.