Paleo crescent knife? I googled that and saw some very very simiilar to this ...?

[grobb28]

 

[JustPlainStrange]

No, what you have is simply a broken biface.

Also, not all crescent are paleo. There are two types- those in the far west and the southwestern crescents. Some of the western crescents have been found in very early context, but not the others.

 

[grobb28]

No, what you have is simply a broken biface.

Also, not all crescent are paleo. There are two types- those in the far west and the southwestern crescents. Some of the western crescents have been found in very early context, but not the others.

I believe a lot u say but not sure about broken biface this is more like biface or square knife

 

[grobb28]

No, what you have is simply a broken biface.

Also, not all crescent are paleo. There are two types- those in the far west and the southwestern crescents. Some of the western crescents have been found in very early context, but not the others.

Biface ? Both sides worked

 

[grobb28]

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Biface ? Both sides worked

This would have been massive if it was broken biface it seems to wide the angels from corner to corner

 

[Get-the-point]

Grobb first welcome to the forum. I'm thinking what you have there could be the business end of possibly a hoe. How thick is the piece? If you could take pictures of the broken side, the front of the blade looking down on the tip and a side shot. This will help...... I'm pretty sure it is either that or a flint axe,more likely a hoe though.......

 

[grobb28]

This would have been massive if it was broken biface it seems to wide the angels from corner to corner

She'll we found with weird hold in it

 

[Get-the-point]

The knife looks early archaic..........GTP

 

[grobb28]

Grobb first welcome to the forum. I'm thinking what you have there could be the business end of possibly a hoe. How thick is the piece? If you could take pictures of the broken side, the front of the blade looking down on the tip and a side shot. This will help...... I'm pretty sure it is either that or a flint axe,more likely a hoe though.......

I will take all the pictures you want gtp !!! One sec

 

[grobb28]

I will take all the pictures you want gtp !!! One sec

New pics crescent knife deal

 

[grobb28]

New pics crescent knife deal

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Side pic



The base is 3/8 inches wide and the business part is anywhere from 1/8 inches wide to just abroad thicker than that

 

[Aleisters]

It does look like the corner of a broken biface. The flat edge is the break.

 

[Charl]

It can always be a flake blade. It's not a crescent knife as defined by the western types that go by that name. It could be made off a large flake. Or be a piece of a larger biface.

 

[grobb28]

It does look like the corner of a broken biface. The flat edge is the break.

Type In paleo crescent knife and this exact image pops up almost ....

 

[grobb28]

It can always be a flake blade. It's not a crescent knife as defined by the western types that go by that name. It could be made off a large flake.

It's very intriguing I do know that

 

[NC field hunter]

Grobb, you have the bit to a chopper similar to the one below, I think. Not a bad find at all!











Hope these help some! Keep your head down and your spirits up! That once in a life timer is waiting for you.

 

[Get-the-point]

Going to have to stick to my call. I still think it is a hoe. The tip shows usage wear and I'm just not seeing the bi face knife on this one. The way it is bladed is just like a hoe. This would be a diamond shape if whole is what I'm assuming Aleisters and just plain are saying? Only one type and at first stage it could possibly be close, that would be a harahey knife. This has the form of a hoes business end.

 

[JustPlainStrange]

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Biface ? Both sides worked

No, this is a uniface knife or scraper, most likely from the middle Woodland time period.

 

[Charl]

Here's some of the Paleo crescents from the Channel Islands off California. The reason some are suggesting it's something that broke is because of the thick cross section opposite the blade edge. It's a nice find, looks like a nice tool by any name.

New archaeological evidence reveals California?s Channel Islands as North America?s earliest seafaring economy

 

[grobb28]

Going to have to stick to my call. I still think it is a hoe. The tip shows usage wear and I'm just not seeing the bi face knife on this one. The way it is bladed is just like a hoe. This would be a diamond shape if whole is what I'm assuming Aleisters and just plain are saying? Only one type and at first stage it could possibly be close, that would be a harahey knife. This has the form of a hoes business end.

Gtp here is what all I found in the Same spot if any of this helps with I. D .,.