Four well used Kentucky fluted points

[joshuaream]

I really like the injection of paleo materials that Uniface has been posting, so I cracked open a couple of boxes of material. Here are four chunks of fluted points from Kentucky. I think three of them are Sonora and the other is Kentucky hornstone.

The largest piece was beveled into knife/scraper edge, likely to salvage the point after an impact fracture. I need get it under magnification to see if the use wear indicates a scraper tool vs knife edge.

The hornstone point is well fluted, missing an ear but it looks Redstone to me.

 

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[Tnmountains]

Finds like those can make a day even though they are broke. Reminds me of a beaver lake I found it looked great and flipped it over and looked like maybe fire pop got it. Really cool when you go back as far as possible in your hunts. Nice. Uni lives for Paleo I think!

 

[Buckleberry]

Awesome Joshua, that reworked Clovis is really unique.

 

[Garscale]

I have never seen that reworked Clovis. Man I love that. I have large frames of worn out paleo. I know they are not awe inspiring but they have such a story to tell. Sometimes I close my eyes and feel the history

 

[uniface]

MAG-FREAKING-NIFICENT, Joshua !!!!!!

 

[old digger]

Quite excellent! I am going to hint at that reworked clovis was utilized as a knife. With a knife you would want it with more of a point, and with a scraper you would want it with a more rounded edge.

 

[newnan man]

That piece with the bullseye ain't too shabby either! I've never seen a paleo point with one.

 

[ToddsPoint]

That piece with the bullseye ain't too shabby either! I've never seen a paleo point with one.

Bullseyes are much more common in IL and KY ball flint than it is in Harrison. Gary

 

[captain redbeard]

That clovis is wild, any of those would make my day for sure!

 

[southfork]

Great photo of some old timers .

 

[outlaws15]

So cool
Thanks

 

[Garscale]

It just hit me... thats a Clovis version of a red river knife.

 

[joshuaream]

It just hit me... thats a Clovis version of a red river knife.

I wondered about that as well.

 

[uniface]

FWIW, Red River knives resulted from Scottsbluff's coming into contact with Dalton as each expanded.

 

[Garscale]

FWIW, Red River knives resulted from Scottsbluff's coming into contact with Dalton as each expanded.

Interesting theory

 

[uniface]

Interesting theory

So said Bill Breckinridge, at any rate, depending -- if memory serves -- on Gregory Perino.

An example of cross-cultural idea borrowing.

 

[choo]

Very nice examples!

 

[kentucky Quinn]

Hope to find something like these out eastern KY. Awesome

 

[Garscale]

So said Bill Breckinridge, at any rate, depending -- if memory serves -- on Gregory Perino.

An example of cross-cultural idea borrowing.

Could be true. I know SanPatrice and Wilson both made spokeshaves unifacially sharpened on biface points. It's no surprise Clovis would do this as well since uniface tools were certainly made by Clovis. This is the first Clovis I have seen salvaged in that manner though.

 

[uniface]

FWIW, the gist of Bill's remarks (as I understand them -- his website's gone now) is that these are found along (and mark) the meeting of Scottsbluff in the west and Dalton in the east. Dalton having come along well after Clovis, it would be unlikely for that to have been the case with Josh's point.