Points that drive you nuts

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On the advice of a returning member I thought I’d try a thread. I’m sure we all have points we’ve found that defy identification. Personally I’m a bit caught in between two schools of thought, I like the idea that points are on a continuum and we pick arbitrary spots to break them down into different types, so typing them is only mildly helpful. On the other hand I think that finding certain forms repeatedly in the same context does have a lot of value in giving likely context for a matching point found elsewhere. But that aside I’ll start with this one, I’d love to pin down an Id on it because it’s found in a spot with early archaic and possibly transitional points and it’s my first and only complete point I’ve found buried and documented in context. Found south east Kansas. Anyone else with a point theyd like to take another crack at, feel free to post
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CreekSide

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Since I had the book out… Ohio lanceolate for number 2? It was the closest one I saw in overstreet, but I’m still working outside my geographical area of comfort
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I’ve actually looked at it as a possibility in the past. It definitely has the same shape as the type. That one nobody has been able to say what it is. I found it at the creek but coyotes had actually dug it up trying to catch a gopher. So it wasn’t exactly in the creek.
 

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