More Vt. Cornfield Finds - 5/18

[undertaker]

Went artifact hunting for a couple of hours this morning and heres what I found. Small hammer stone, thumb scrapper, broken knife, broken side notched point, pottery shards, beaver tooth, crude little white point, and two whole points the cornner notch being my best find for the day. Can anyone ID it ? I havn't had time to look it up but my brother looked under the northeastern section in kovells book and said it's either a jacks reef or a kirk cornner notch.

 

[artorius]

Nice finds!

The well-preserved notched point looks like it might be a Perkiomen broadpoint. Perkiomens are more of a Mid-Atlantic states point, but I have read that their occurence extends into New England. Perkiomens are neat as they are datable to the Terminal Archaic - Early Woodland time frame (circa 1750 - 1000 BC). They are a highly desiable find in my state (Pennsylvania).

Check the base of the point for grinding. If the entire stem and base are ground, with the grinding extending part way along each bottom edge of the blade, that argues strongly for a Perkiomen.

artorius

 

[undertaker]

Here's some pics that Im trying to match it to. The first two pics are of a Kirk cornner notch the last two pics are of a Perkiomen. It appears the Perkiomen doesn't have such a tight notch but what do I know. Im pretty good at finding them but I suck at IDing them.

 

[Th3rty7]

nice hunting undertaker, good variety of artifacts, the perk is a beauty.

 

[artorius]

Most Perkiomens do not have a barbed appearance, but some do. Wide variety and irregularity in shape are characteristic of this point.

Again, check the basal grinding. Also, is the point thin in cross-section? Perkiomens commonly are thin in cross-section.

I also would say that the flaking of your point strikes me as more consistent with a Perkiomen than a Kirk.

artorius

 

[Tnmountains]

Love the woodland stamped pottery. I thought it kinda looked like a jacks reef. Out of my little realm though. Nice finds for sure. Cool tooth also. Good hunt Undertaker. Nice finds for sure.

TnMtns

 

[allen]

congrats on those cool looking finds !!!