Lanceolate Point Found Yesterday

Th3rty7 · Sep 5, 2010

I walked past this point at least twice yesterday and wouldn't have found it unless I bent over to nudge a nearby flake. It was hiding in the shadows, has some nice early parallel flaking, and a thinned out slightly ground base but no damage. HH

Get-the-point · Sep 6, 2010

Nice insitu Thirty7. That is a beauty :notworthy:

The auricles makes it look like it was a un-fluted cumberland or a beaver lake. I have walked past nice points numerous times only to find them well camo'ed.............You stand there and say, Man how did I miss that!!!!!............................Good Recovery man!!!................................GTP

Th3rty7 · Sep 7, 2010

Get-the-point said:
Nice insitu Thirty7. That is a beauty The auricles makes it look like it was a un-fluted cumberland or a beaver lake. I have walked past nice points numerous times only to find them well camo'ed.............You stand there and say, Man how did I miss that!!!!!............................Good Recovery man!!!................................GTP

Thanks alot man, appreciate it. I know what you mean, sometimes just a slightly different angle of approach makes all the difference. I try and walk two different angles on every spot, do a quick scan, then slow walk it again, still miss all kinds of stuff I'm sure. I'm always thinking about what I might have missed after a hunt.

Twitch · Sep 7, 2010

Th3rty7 - As usual, nice find. I'm with you and GTP in thinking that's a fairly point. Do you have thoughts on type?

Th3rty7 · Sep 7, 2010

Twitch said:
Th3rty7 - As usual, nice find. I'm with you and GTP in thinking that's a fairly point. Do you have thoughts on type?

Thanks Twitch, " fairly " = early? I think it's earlier than early archaic but couldn't say what type it is. Honestly I think it looks more like some western / midwestern types than what is found here. This is the second of the type I've found I think. Both are parallel flaked to a meridian ridge, with secondary flaking. The bases and sides are lightly ground and the entire base has been thinned. I thought, like GTP said that there were auricles broken on this one at first but there's no damage and was made like that. I took some pictures of the base area and the other example I found last year. What type do you think it is ?

Get-the-point · Sep 7, 2010

Thirty7, Seeing those pictures I could only think one point in this area that would be like that, Stringtown!! Also known as the Eastern Scottsbluff. The clipped auricles though has me confused on the newer piece ya found. Could be a Greenbriar for the newer piece. The one you found last year is defintely a Stringtown!!..................GTP.. :icon_thumleft:

Twitch · Sep 7, 2010

Thanks for the additional picks. I'd buy that it's late Paleo. Stringtown is obviously a rare type buy I don't have anything smarter to offer.

Th3rty7 · Sep 7, 2010

GTP and Twitch, thanks guys I appreciate your input and opinions. Late paleo lanceolate, early stemmed, and or Stringtown is what I think makes the most sense. They both have very slight stems and early flaking. Still not 100% but have been flipping through Hothems ' Paleo Indian Artifacts ' and have found several similar points.