Help ID - found river walking 3/6/2010
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My camera's internal battery must be dead it keeps resetting the date/time to 2006. sorry
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I could be wrong but with out looking it up it looks like a green briar not a colbert in the Dalton time frame. The base is throwing me but I think its ok. Might be the bottom on the sides. I think you may have found a very nice artifact there.. See what the knowledgable people say?
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Oh wait you are in Oklahoma. They have daltons there right lol?? I typed to fast and should have studied ........... 
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Great Material!!! Nice find!!!
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That is GORGEOUS!!! 
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that's great looking down! My Bell book said greenbriars may be more "widely distributed than previously believed", so, could be? I couldn't find anything in the few books I have. Good luck on the ID. I'm waiting on my hunting buddy to pick me up right now Good luck everyone!
Good luck everyone!
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I sent the photos to a local artifact auth. and he thinks it might be a rare form Dalton bone saw, says bone saw working sometimes seen in Clovis too.
What do some of you think?
What do some of you think?
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I would say Dalton as well.
Nice find.
Nice find.
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Jonzer said:
Bone saw. Thats cool. Been watching to see what everyone thought.
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Thanks for all the nice commits, I don't know my flint types , is this just what locals call boone chert or something else?
Thank you, looking down
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It's Reed Springs Chert, from pretty high up in the formation (where it gets confused with Keokuk). "Boone" is a generic term and many think that it should be done away with. The Boone watershed though covers many formations (Reed Springs, Keokuk, Moorefield, Warsaw, Barren Fork, etc).
Greenbrier don't occur west in the Ozarks. The Breckenridge highly resembles the eastern Greenbrier and are often mistaken for them though, as do a few other types.
Looking at the manufacture, I don't believe your piece is a Dalton. The deep basal indention, steep edge retouch, rounded serrations, I think it's probably a bit later than the Daltons. Calf Creek complex, and the earlier Coss as well, are well known for producing exotic pieces. Another possibility is middle Woodland. I have seen SEVERAL similar pieces come from middle Woodland sites in the Ozarks (all 4 states).
I'm not sure it's an intentional saw, but could be. The majority of saws I have seen have squared off or sharp serrations for a better cutting edge.
Greenbrier don't occur west in the Ozarks. The Breckenridge highly resembles the eastern Greenbrier and are often mistaken for them though, as do a few other types.
Looking at the manufacture, I don't believe your piece is a Dalton. The deep basal indention, steep edge retouch, rounded serrations, I think it's probably a bit later than the Daltons. Calf Creek complex, and the earlier Coss as well, are well known for producing exotic pieces. Another possibility is middle Woodland. I have seen SEVERAL similar pieces come from middle Woodland sites in the Ozarks (all 4 states).
I'm not sure it's an intentional saw, but could be. The majority of saws I have seen have squared off or sharp serrations for a better cutting edge.
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