Paleo Spokeshaves

[GB Paleo]

Here is a frame of Paleo Spokeshaves from the Great Basin. All are PF's and most are made from Obsidian. Found many years ago on private property.

 

[welsbury]

Pretty good camp to pick up all those.Probably found a few points too .

 

[GB Paleo]

Yes sir...…..mostly WST

 

[arrow86]

Nice , how do you determine the age of spokeshaves ? Is there a defining characteristic that helps age them ?

 

[dognose]

very nice group of relics.

 

[GB Paleo]

Nice , how do you determine the age of spokeshaves ? Is there a defining characteristic that helps age them ?

These were in a exclusive Western Stemmed Paleo area. Not a mixed site. The Archaic and later groups in the GB really didn't use Spokeshaves IMO

 

[Tnmountains]

Very interesting. Have studied thumb nail scrapers but not spokeshaves. Please correct me if I am wrong here. A spokeshave is a fairly large reduction flake with secondary edge work.
Nice collection.

 

[arrow86]

These were in a exclusive Western Stemmed Paleo area. Not a mixed site. The Archaic and later groups in the GB really didn't use Spokeshaves IMO

Sounds like a great site .....did you find many points as well ?

 

[uniface]

A spokeshave is an "incurvate scraper" -- one with a semicircular scraping edge worked into it.

 

[MAMucker]

That group is an excellent study. So many of them have very similar details (concavity radius, length, depth).
They speak of a regular purpose and use. The size and shape of the wooden shaft or hafted bit was incredibly consistent.

 

[GB Paleo]

Sounds like a great site .....did you find many points as well ?

I found a few there but not a lot...……..they seemed to be doing a specific task with those Spokeshaves.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Awesome Tools!