Mile hike in a mild sandstorm today.

[Blackfoot58]

My wife went with me, so I could rest my back from so much bending.
Found a decent amount of debitage and a few nice, small rocks (rocks not shown). I know our current heart shape ♥️ meant nothing to ancient people. I still think it is one of the neater examples of pareidolia. Shown are one from today, and one from the same field a while ago. This must have been a common shape for a larger flake. They both have decent percussive bulbs. The smaller one has more cortex. I think they are worth keeping. Thanks for looking

 

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[CreekSide]

Probably struck by the same person. Might of been the way they were hitting the rock. I’ve heard many say that most were left handed.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Probably struck by the same person. Might have been the way they were hitting the rock. I’ve heard many say that most were left handed.

I’m a left handed flint knapper. Being left handed, I notice the way flake scars end up on points made by left and right handed knappers. I can tell you left handed Indians were pretty rare. It’s very easy to tell on beveled points. Left hand beveling is rare on early archaic points. The one exception is Dalton points, which have left or right beveling. On points with oblique flaking, a right handed knappers flake scars will go from upper left to lower right. Left handed knappers scars will go from upper right to lower left.
This is an Alibates point made by a right handed knapper. It is newly made. The second point was made by me, also Alibates, and you can see the scars running from upper right to lower left.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I’m left handed as well. I appreciate the info. I hadn’t thought about southpaw natives. That is interesting.

 

[Kona Koma]

My wife went with me, so I could rest my back from so much bending.
Found a decent amount of debitage and a few nice, small rocks (rocks not shown). I know our current heart shape ♥️ meant nothing to ancient people. I still think it is one of the neater examples of pareidolia. Shown are one from today, and one from the same field a while ago. This must have been a common shape for a larger flake. They both have decent percussive bulbs. The smaller one has more cortex. I think they are worth keeping. Thanks for looking

Nice finds.