Posssible Copper Culture Awl?

[Subterranean]

Possible Copper Culture Awl?

Hi TNet friends,

I was with my friend yesterday when he found this piece with his detector on the banks of the Sac River in Greene County, M1ssouri. I have learned that the Hopewell-Cooper culture was in this area. I am appealing to your expertise as to it possibly being a Copper Culture awl. It appears to be constructed of copper (note green patina) and is 3.5 inches in length. There were several partial points, scrapers, and flakes of white chert also in the immediate area. Thank you for any help you can offer. Sub

 

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[joshuaream]

It's a bit far south for the Copper Culture material which is centered around the Great Lakes, but it certainly could be a later Hopewell or Mississippian copper awl.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Looks like a pressure flaker for flintknapping. Who says the Indians didn't use copper to knap? Gary