NE Okla tool

[naturegirl]

My co-worker has a new place to hunt, I think it will be productive. She found this while not looking Pictures don't do it justice, the flaking is nice. It's pretty much uniface, except for a little trimming underneath. I guess maybe there was a rough spot? It's a nice one.

 

[larson1951]

that is one H of a nice scraper

 

[SouthernGirl]

I agree very nice!

 

[Neanderthal]

Classic "duckbill" type scraper. They were made and utilized by most cultures down through the years. However, they are most common on very late Mississippian - Historic sites, such as Was.hita focus and later here in Okieland. There have seen an enormous amount of them come from the Jug Hill site in Mayes Co, OK that are associated with Maud/Shetley points.

Hopewell used them as well and even made some examples that are very large (well over 6" in length). I recall a Hopewell cache being found just north of Ponca City in a farmers field that contained North blades, some large Snyders Afinis points (Grand, Snyders, etc) and numerous duckbills were in it as well. The tools were made primarily out of heated Kaye Co., but there also was some heated Keokuk.

They can be VERY well made (especially Hopewell), some examples having oblique parallel or transverse flaking and they are almost always mistaken for much older technology.

 

[flintdigger]

That is a very nice one for sure.

 

[naturegirl]

Thanks guys, it IS nice. I would pick it up and drool over it whenever I was in her workroom.

Matt, thanks for the info, I thought when I first saw it this morning , the flaking was as nice as my hafted scraper you Id'd as hopewell, as also the edgewood that buckshot found. Maybe I'm starting to see some similarities, even though the types,(shapes) are different.

I showed her what was posted, we may have another Okie on here soon.

 

[uniface]

The "rough spot" is called a stack. On this one, where the flakes taken off the side ran out of energy before they could get through the rest of it and stopped abruptly.

Nice scraper !

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Excellent looking Scraper.

 

[Neanderthal]

The "rough spot" is called a stack. On this one, where the flakes taken off the side ran out of energy before they could get through the rest of it and stopped abruptly.

Nice scraper !

No, they were made at the steep angle purposefully to preserve the longevity of the piece. They weren't "thinned" intentionally, same goes for many of the thumbnail and turtleback style scrapers.

 

[uniface]

The edge angle isn't at issue here, as far as I can see.

The flaking along one edge is "up and over."

On the other edge, it's "up and almost over."

The line where the "almosts" run out of gas is a stack.

(?)

 

[Neanderthal]

Sorry, I thought you were insinuating that the steep edges weren't intentional and they were intending to thin the piece - or something. Yes, stacking is due to multiple premature flake terminations.

 

[naturegirl]

Hi uniface I think I'm starting to understand what ya'll are talking about. when I said "rough spot" I was referring to the uniface side. It has a bit of flaking on it also, (4th pic), that's a new one for me. I've held uniface tools that weren't flaked on that side at all, so, I wondered why in this instance, it had been worked.

Absolutely, I can see longevity in this piece, because the upside is worn smooth. You can see it in the picture, (3rd, I think, maybe 4th) I haven't seen that before. It's like it was handled alot, there are no sharp edges on the top, it's like a thumb wore it down. Maybe not. but I did notice that about it.

Yes SVR, we think it's excellent too. she found it over the weekend while they were brush-hoggin', and knew it was something good, but she wasn't sure why. Next to her drill, it's her best find.

 

[Th3rty7]

Nice duckbill scraper. One of my favorite tool types.

 

[pickaway]

Sweet tool...