Florida Coral Flake Knives

[newnan man]

These are flake knives found in Pasco County Fl. They were found in the 80's near Cypress Creek. The land was being cleared for development. I really wish Florida would stop with all the non-stop building. Anyway I re-found them while looking for my can of shell tools.

 

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[uniface]

Many of them, technically, are blades rather than flakes. FWIW

 

[newnan man]

Many of them, technically, are blades rather than flakes. FWIW

You're right, I call anything that looks like these flake knives! I have more somewhere?!

 

[Backbacon]

Totally unrelated.

In Havana, Cuba many of the old building are made of bricks quarried from reefs and they look killer.

 

[ptsofnc]

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These are flake knives found in Pasco County Fl. They were found in the 80's near Cypress Creek. The land was being cleared for development. I really wish Florida would stop with all the non-stop building. Anyway I re-found them while looking for my can of shell tools.

FL is not the only state with "non-stop" building where dozens of sites are being destroyed weekly.

 

[tomclark]

I loved the Cypress Creek site(s) in Tampa (Bruce B. Downs..) !!! Development took them out, too, of course.

 

[joshuaream]

I lived on the wrong side of Florida. Miami is great, but you all have artifacts and Cuban food.

 

[newnan man]

I loved the Cypress Creek site(s) in Tampa (Bruce B. Downs..) !!! Development took them out, too, of course.

I know the area well! It was a wilderness not long ago, now all developed. Tampa kept creeping north. A lot of artifacts were found in that area, all gone now.