Blade Core

[monsterrack]

This is called a lamellar blade core, and the technique was used in many places to produce long flat super sharp blades. The stone started out much larger and the blades that were struck from it can almost be identical as the knapper went around the core until it was to small and discarded. This one is Mayan and found in Antigua Guatemala, the Mayan had an industry in these blades and so did Native Americans but they used flints or cherts, this one is Obsidian.

 

[GatorBoy]

That one was done perfectly I have a good one from down here do you mind if I post?
Those Mayan did some nasty things with those blades

 

[monsterrack]

That one was done perfectly I have a good one from down here do you mind if I post?
Those Mayan did some nasty things with those blades

Post away Gator, I did this just for info for others some may have never seen things like this.

 

[GatorBoy]

Sounds good

 

[quito]

This piece of one our local materials has had some nice long thin flakes removed.

 

[660GRIZZ]

found this in 1 in the mid missouri area .