Ohio 4-28 Finds PALEO!

[kor]

My dad and I hit one of our newer fields today. I was a bit apprehensive when we first stepped in because it hadn't had much rain on it. My dad found a point about 20 seconds into the field though. About 20-30 minutes later he found another one (forgot to get a pic of it) and then I walked up on a Paleo Stemmed Lance! We found several more busted lances and a bunch of pieces and parts. This sure beats being stuck at work, lol!

 

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[antmike915]

Not a bad haul

 

[newnan man]

That lance is awesome. What part of Ohio?

 

[kor]

That lance is awesome. What part of Ohio?

Northeastern Ohio

 

[Older The Better]

Not saying anybody is wrong just curious what makes it paleo, id have that as likely woodland maybe archaic around here. Is there a flute I’m not seeing or is it ground?

 

[kor]

Not saying anybody is wrong just curious what makes it paleo, id have that as likely woodland maybe archaic around here. Is there a flute I’m not seeing or is it ground?

The flaking and certain manufacturing characteristics. In this case you can see a hint of an ear on one base corner. The other corner is missing due to either ancient manufacturing, old damage, or possibly new damage. Either way a person could argue that this may even fall in to the Stringtown variety. In 3 trips to this field we have 7 broken Paleo Lanceolate and Stemmed Lance pieces, a lot of early Archaic relics, but not much in the way later cultures. Again, this is just based off of 3 hunts

 

[uniface]

Cleaned up, dry pictures of both sides, with the base edges not in shadow wiould be helpful.

 

[newnan man]

The flaking and certain manufacturing characteristics. In this case you can see a hint of an ear on one base corner. The other corner is missing due to either ancient manufacturing, old damage, or possibly new damage. Either way a person could argue that this may even fall in to the Stringtown variety. In 3 trips to this field we have 7 broken Paleo Lanceolate and Stemmed Lance pieces, a lot of early Archaic relics, but not much in the way later cultures. Again, this is just based off of 3 hunts

My first thought was that it is a String town Lance. A very common Paleo find in Ohio & nearby.

 

[dognose]

Some nice finds.

I like the knife. Very sweet.

 

[uniface]

Waiting on the pics that will demonstrate it's not a Steubenville/Fox Creek.