NE okieland

[naturegirl]

Finally got to get out the last two evenings, to a new spot. It looks very promising also. Buckshot stepped out of the truck and picked up a scraper and a broken one, then pulled up to next spot and picked up a nice hafted scraper. The ones I found were pretty much right on top of the ground. Can anyone say if the wide point without a base is a Big Creek? I know without the base it can't really be Id'd 100%, But it has the tiniest, sharpest point, don't know if the pics quite show that, and wide convex sides. Anyway, it was nice to see temps below 100, and as always, it was a blast.

Add your pics, Buckshot! The yellow scraper is a new material for us.

 

[buckshot]

Hey NG, Yeah. I it was great to get out in sub-100 degree heat. Some brokes and reworked pieces, but when you hav'nt had a chance to get out in awhile it works for me. Had a goodtime... bhbuckshot

 

[naturegirl]

By a BIG stretch of the imagination(mine doesn't need much), what I keep calling a hafted scraper, looks like some kind of cornertang that was reworked into a scraper, with a spokeshave

 

[Neanderthal]

Hey, glad to see you all got out. Our waterways here are acting funky and it's reflected in the hunting (very little). The piece with the missing base is most likely Hopewell. Big Creek really don't make it over this far west, but there are plenty of types here that do resemble them (Cooper, Grand, Landers, etc).

The hafted scraper piece would not be a corner tang. However, you will find offset "tanged" knives that were actually hafted instead of being utilized like the others. The classic "corner tangs" have the very small area for attaching a lanyard or thong, for suspension. That piece is most likely a late Archaic tool, maybe related to Haskell.

 

[naturegirl]

Thanks matt! Yeah, glad to see the water finally dropping. Now......

 

[pickaway]

Nice finds...

 

[Th3rty7]

Nice looking insitus and finds NG.

 

[naturegirl]

Thanks guys. Jrsherman- we haven't ever been down on the river there, I'm afraid they'll open the dam and we'll wash away! I know, not really, but anywhere you can walk the arkansas might be good, at least that's what I've read. It can't stay hot much longer. Catch anything?

 

[Charmin]

You and Buckshot did great, naturegirl!
I love the insitus!
What a thrill to step out of the truck and find something immediately .
I'm glad Matt ID'd that hafted scraper piece, because when I saw it I thought it was a cornertang, too.


sandcreek~~

 

[naturegirl]

Thanks sandcreek, knowing you have found a coulpe of corner tangs keeps us ever hopeful!

 

[docmann]

Nice work NG. Like the variety. Sometimes I get a bit jealous of the larger points of the prehistoric era. Keep up the good work!

 

[Tnmountains]

I missed this post? You and Buckshot did real well. I am like Sandcreek and would have thought corner tang. Glad Matt keeps us straight. Awsome piece though. My Indians never made anything like that : (. Hopefully we will all start cooling down a little. I need a break from this heat.
HH
TnMtns

 

[flintdigger]

Nice finds we have some of that yellow material here in texas also.