Fluted or not

[hammerstone99]

Is this peice fluted or just ruff and ugly. If so could it be clovis other side is about the same..

 

[uniface]

Hixton ?

If so, conceiveably an as-made Crowfield that's longer than usual. In that case, probably a rudimentary flute.

A lot depends on where it's from.

My opinion (which is worth about what you're paying for it).

 

[hammerstone99]

ok ya lost me, (not hard) Hixton? is it a type or a place or material? and it's from utah.

 

[uniface]

Sorry. Hixton Silicified Sandstone (aka Hixton Quartzite) is what it looks like it's made of. From Wisconsin as I recall, and shows up over a surprisingly wide area.

Spanish Diggings Quartzite would be closer to home, but it looks too coarse textured for that.

About out of ideas.

 

[creek astronaut]

Great piece!looks like some kind of dalton or heck maybe a clovis type??just a guess.Is this a personal find?very nice piece and the material looks like it would be difficult to to knapp.thx for the info uniface.thx for sharing the pics hammerstone.

 

[hammerstone99]

it is a personal find. thanks for the info guys.

 

[Th3rty7]

Looks transitional to me, really nice piece.

 

[lostcauses]

The hinging on this one says not fluted. The flaking was done from different angles to get the results you are seeing. Nice point.

Hinging being were a flake terminated causing a ridge in the point.

 

[joshuaream]

Based on the location and the material, I'd say it's from the archaic Pinto cluster. (Pintos come in a lot of shapes and sizes, some of them are small points with notches, but some of the larger points are a lot like that.) Google Pinto Basin and you'll see some pictures.