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I'd guess that's an Adena or other early Woodland type stemmed point. Great blade. Is there any basal grinding or diagnostic flaking?
 

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Took a few more pictures of the base to show how it may have been snapped off!
 

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Thanks for the pictures of the base. I would guess that the base is not broken, that it was manufactured that way. I still think it's a late archaic / early woodland piece. As usual my opinions are worth slightly less than I'm paid for them. Great point regardless of type.
 

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1) The base isn't snapped off (accidentally). It's burinated off. That's a Late Paleo-Early Archaic characteristic.

2) What I can see of the flaking looks more like the early work than the random percussion of Adena.

3) Now a question for you : is that Flintridge or a glossy grey Coshocton ?

4) Not that this means anything major, but that material shows up on Late Paleo sites in Ohio.
 

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I agree with what uniface said. The base was made that way on purpose and is not broken.

I have this one here that is very similar to yours and I have always thought it was a late Paleo or Early Archaic type point. Mine is made from Gray Coshocton.
 

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uniface said:
1) The base isn't snapped off (accidentally). It's burinated off. That's a Late Paleo-Early Archaic characteristic.

2) What I can see of the flaking looks more like the early work than the random percussion of Adena.

3) Now a question for you : is that Flintridge or a glossy grey Coshocton ?

4) Not that this means anything major, but that material shows up on Late Paleo sites in Ohio.
Thanks for the info Uniface and SRV. I'm not that good at identifying material, but i will look it up and see what i can come up with!
 

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