Obsidian broken point

[Mintberrycrunch]

I traded my buddy this fox skull I found for this broken point. It was found in Oregon wondering if anyone knows what kind or age? He thinks it's a broken Clovis or something crazy old I don't know enough to tell him anything about it. Any help is much appreciated thanks

 

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[Mrdigz]

I don't know about Clovis but it could be a broken knife.
I always use my cell phone so I could Be missing something. But In the second pic the break exposes the profile of the point and it doesn't look Symmetrical. The right side looks more reworked than the left as well.

 

[arrow86]

Yea I don't think Clovis either it looks too wide in the center and without any fluting visible and the base missing I would say not a Clovis but still a nice find

 

[chase2]

True, there is no way to make an ID of the tip without the diagnostic end (base) There was too many types from paleo to present that used Obsidian. You could say its a cascade knife or a haskett. There is just no way to tell. But the fox skull I can say is modern. and unaltered by man other than hair and tissue removal.

 

[unclemac]

Oregon is so littered with obsidian that it becomes truly boring. Your piece is (guessing from the size, shape and area) quite likely a broken Cascade point, (many varieties) and would have looked rounded or similar on the other end...a sort of leaf shape.

Cascade Projectile Point