Mount Kineo Rhyolite

[Quartzite Keith]

This is mostly just to have a place to put some pictures to reference in one of the artifacts threads. I don't like to put pictures of new stuff into threads about old stuff. I'm actually in Virginia and this material is from Maine. I was given it since I am mostly a quartzite knapper, and this material knaps in a way similar to quartzite. These pieces all made using direct percussion with a dogwood hammer, then finished with antler indirect percussion.

Over sized example:



Thins down better than quartzite:



More typical examples:



From large waste flakes:

 

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[ToddsPoint]

Nice work on really rough material. I can't imagine pounding on those rocks with a wood billet. Gary

 

[Jon Stewart]

Very nice work. Reminds me of onandoga chert which comes with a saying friends don't let friends knap onandago.