Blades, Preforms, Knives

[Th3rty7]

Got any you'd like to share? Post them in here.

 

[Tnmountains]

I think you nailed it with your typology Harry.

Here is unifacial blade/preform I found in a rock shelter.It has a great patina and to me looks like a guy dancing with a skin rug on,lol. But then it is rather late and I think I have shown this before.

 

[Th3rty7]

Harry, that piece reminds me of this hornstone blade from Indiana. Large flaking, some outre passe flakes, and minimal edge retouch if any. I agree with you on your timeframe.

 

[uniface]

As far as the last one and the Florida one go, if you want some good insight into how stuff like this ended up being made (and why, and where they went from there), get this book :

http://www.stonedagger.com/POF-1.html

There was a coherent sequence they followed from big nodules to bifacial cores (these are exhausted ones) that provided lamellar blades, to point preforms -- a highly efficient manufacturing strategy that just about has to be understood as one continuous process (manufacturing strategy to get the most possible use from each core) to be appreciated.

Cheers & Regards

 

[Tnmountains]

Adena blade.

 

[jamey]

ok,know i just showed it but here is the biggest one ive found.tn mountains my square knife looks like the same stuff as your adena,thanks for the post 37 jamey

 

[jamey]

sorry 37 didnt know it was going to be that big,you can resize it for me if ya want. oh and cant really see the chert on the square knife sorry jamey

 

[Tnmountains]

Nice square knife Jamey. Did you find that this year?? It is very nice

 

[Buckhunter]

TnMountan is that blade Made of Dover flint?

 

[Swims with Beaver]

It looks like the one piece of TnMountains is petrified wood!!

 

[logger1]

WOW theres some great finds on here WTG everyone, heres a few large pcs of mine, quarter for size. Im gonna post a new thread on the brown colored one.

 

[Th3rty7]

Great looking blades everyone. I took some new pictures today including some more blades. First pic is a couple larger ones at 6.5" a piece, second frame is smaller blades, the largest bottom right is 2 3/4" , the last frame is a mix of Cosh, Ridge, and Sonora.

 

[Tnmountains]

TnMountan is that blade Made of Dover flint?

Yes. Dover is my guess.

 

[Tnmountains]

Good post Thirty7. Nice last frames you showed. Awsome. Some good pieces have been shown on this thread.

 

[jamey]

man you got alot of stuff 37,again thanks for the great post,ive seen alot of good stuff here.hope you do not mind the shout out to tn mountains.the square knife is this one,that was a pick that i was supposed to take before i grabbed it..lol jamey

 

[moundbuilder]

Great looking blades everyone. I took some new pictures today including some more blades. First pic is a couple larger ones at 6.5" a piece, second frame is smaller blades, the largest bottom right is 2 3/4" , the last frame is a mix of Cosh, Ridge, and Sonora.

Nice blades thirty7 but that last frame has some beauties. Thanks for posting. Are any of them personal finds? Cobb knives are one of my favorite flint types from the area I walk and are often overlooked and under-collected in comparison to the bigger, notched blades. Sonora and Ridge is some of my favorite material, most of mine are made from Carter Cave, Boyle and Indiana Hornstone. Here's a 5" knife made from Boyle Chert that I found in Northern KY. It has traits of a Cobb knife and a Stanfield blade so I call it a Cobbfield. -MB

 

[moundbuilder]

Cache Blade

Here's a Cache Blade from an Adena site made of Indiana Hornstone that I found in a plowed field along the Ohio River in Mason Co., KY. about 16 years ago. The flaking is exquisite and it is also very thin. -MB

 

[moundbuilder]

Tyrone transitional

I found this transitional Paleo blade along the Licking River in Kentucky. It is made from Tyrone aka Crab Orchard flint; most people call it Tyrone. Not a common material or type for the area.

 

[Th3rty7]

Great looking blades everyone. I took some new pictures today including some more blades. First pic is a couple larger ones at 6.5" a piece, second frame is smaller blades, the largest bottom right is 2 3/4" , the last frame is a mix of Cosh, Ridge, and Sonora.

Nice blades thirty7 but that last frame has some beauties. Thanks for posting. Are any of them personal finds? Cobb knives are one of my favorite flint types from the area I walk and are often overlooked and under-collected in comparison to big notched blades. Sonora and Ridge is some of my favorite material, most of mine are made from Carter Cave, Boyle and Indiana Hornstone. Here's a 5" knife made from Boyle Chert that I found in Northern KY. It has traits of a Cobb knife and a Stanfield blade so I call it a Cobbfield. -MB

Thanks MB, I like Cobbs too as you can probably tell, and I'm with you on Sonora and Ridge, two of my favorite midwest materials for sure. I'm really starting to like Boyle and Carter alot more too. That " Cobbfield " is one sweet blade, great find. Some of those Adena blades make you think paleo for a minute when the flaking is really nice like that one. You're in a great area for lithic materials, come across Sonora very often? All the blades in that last frame are acquisitions but they're all good.

 

[moundbuilder]

Sonora Cobb's

I found this Sonora Cobb's blade in a plowed field in Northern KY after heavy rains. Bootprints from the day before were everywhere and it was laying flat out and completely exposed. It is made from Sonora flint and the chalcedonic quartz inclusion is completely translucent. One of my favorite finds, perfect and without damage.

 

[moundbuilder]

Great looking blades everyone. I took some new pictures today including some more blades. First pic is a couple larger ones at 6.5" a piece, second frame is smaller blades, the largest bottom right is 2 3/4" , the last frame is a mix of Cosh, Ridge, and Sonora.

Nice blades thirty7 but that last frame has some beauties. Thanks for posting. Are any of them personal finds? Cobb knives are one of my favorite flint types from the area I walk and are often overlooked and under-collected in comparison to big notched blades. Sonora and Ridge is some of my favorite material, most of mine are made from Carter Cave, Boyle and Indiana Hornstone. Here's a 5" knife made from Boyle Chert that I found in Northern KY. It has traits of a Cobb knife and a Stanfield blade so I call it a Cobbfield. -MB

Thanks MB, I like Cobbs too as you can probably tell, and I'm with you on Sonora and Ridge, two of my favorite midwest materials for sure. I'm really starting to like Boyle and Carter alot more too. That " Cobbfield " is one sweet blade, great find. Some of those Adena blades make you think paleo for a minute when the flaking is really nice like that one. You're in a great area for lithic materials, come across Sonora very often? All the blades in that last frame are acquisitions but they're all good.

Thanks, Three-Seven. Sonora is not that common, actually pretty scarce this far north in Kentucky but every once in a while we find some. The Hopewell always sought out the best materials so they utilized it as often as possible. They seemed to prefer any dark material that was of high quality. Carter Cave and Boyle along with Hornstone is prevalent. I have never personally found a complete artifact made from Coshocton or Flint Ridge South of the Ohio River and can't recall of anyone in the area ever having done so either. It's odd that Flint Ridge and Mercer traveled from Ohio eastward to the Atlantic Ocean (Adena used it in Maryland and Virginia) but not South of the Ohio River, which is only about 100 miles from the quarries. -MB