Micro Core

[CreekSide]

I still pick up cores I don’t always keep them unless they are special like this one. I wonder what they were doing with the tiny blades that came off of this one. It’s not only the smallest I’ve ever found but it’s the best example of a core. Notice the white cortex it has almost a cone look to it but I’m sure it’s too small to be a cone.

 

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[robertk]

That's pretty unusual alright. As for the size, I've seen some really tiny points -- smaller than that -- that I always wonder how they managed to make them without just breaking them into pieces.

 

[CreekSide]

That's pretty unusual alright. As for the size, I've seen some really tiny points -- smaller than that -- that I always wonder how they managed to make them without just breaking them into pieces.

I’ve got a triangle I found that’s 1/2 inches long. My friend found one even smaller

 

[antmike915]

Got their money's worth, I like it.

 

[CreekSide]

Got their money's worth, I like it.

Thanks it’s a high grade chert and like many of my fi

 

[CreekSide]

Thanks it’s a high grade chert and like many of my fi

Finds it was loved to death. Fingers hit the wrong button

 

[Older The Better]

That’s a cool one, does make you wonder, was it for micro blades, small points, maybe someone was just bored and was just whacking a used up core to see how small it could get

 

[ToddsPoint]

They used micro blades at cahokia for drilling shell beads. If you Google micro blades at cahokia you will see quite a few sites about making and using them.

 

[dirstscratcher]

That looks like a high quality piece of chert, Just like an exhausted blade that's been sharpened to be a mere shadow of itself, that could have been a rather larger core that many blades were struck from until there was nothing left.

 

[CreekSide]

That looks like a high quality piece of chert, Just like an exhausted blade that's been sharpened to be a mere shadow of itself, that could have been a rather larger core that many blades were struck from until there was nothing left.

Very true. I find the black chert with the tan cortex on tools and points. The white cortex chert hardly any. It feels very slick to the touch. Thanks