Reworked kirk

[tnmudman]

I thought this one might be a jacks reef but it appears to have been broken and reworked or maybe just sharpened .I found it this weekend, it definetely made my day.Kirk corner notch is one of my favorite types, and this one is pretty well made and thin.

 

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[creekhunter]

A nice one! It does look to have been resharpened.

 

[NCPeaches]

It's a beauty and an excellent find! Definitely a "day maker" and for me would be a "year maker"!

 

[scruggs]

Very nice point you found!

 

[southfork]

Nice find.

 

[arrow86]

Nice find ! That's a good looking point , even still has the ears intact nice save

 

[DigIron2]

Man that is a NICE one! It does kind of have a little bit of a pentagonal shape to it.

 

[Tnmountains]

Vey nice. A lot of the Kirks can have a left of right hand bevel. It's a hard bevel too. That is a nice well made piece.

 

[DigIron2]

Was Just peeking in this book again. Might be what they call a Pentagonal Knife?

 

[Tnmountains]

Most pentagonals are like say a Jacks Reef type. Every year it seems the names change so I could be wrong.

 

[DigIron2]

Vey nice. A lot of the Kirks can have a left of right hand bevel. It's a hard bevel too. That is a nice well made piece.

I think you are right on the money. From what I'm understanding it is a kirk, just with a pentagonal form. That's what I am guessing anyway?

 

[tnmudman]

I dont think it is pentagonal, when I first saw it I thought it might be.

 

[Mark Todd]

Nice find, I think your correct that it's a Kirk corner notched point. Some people decide which type based on which is oldest, regardless of the facts.
Small Kirks (Archaic) and Jack's Reef (late Woodland) points can be very hard to distinguish.
There are a couple reasons for which I agree with you.
Although your find is small enough to be a Jack's Reef, it's characteristic knapping traits look more Archaic.
Your piece looks to be made of Wyandotte chert and that is a common lithic for Kirk cluster points.
See following information...

 

[tnmudman]

Thanks Mark i couldnt read the writing in the book but i appreciate you comments .Whats the name of that book? It looks to have some good information and nive illustration.

 

[Mark Todd]

That's a bummer, the writing was the best part.
It also explains why that if your piece is made of Wyandotte chert, also sometimes called Harrison County chert or Indiana Hornstone that it was most likely quarried from the James Farnsley quarry in southern Indiana.
This book is by far the best artifact identification and information book ever written it just came out last year, written by field archaeologists in Illinois, who also have interacted with the artifact collecting community and avocational archaeologists as well.
It's a bit pricey $65 but worth every penny.
If you have an email address I would be happy to send you the info pictures so that you can read them on your monitor if you PM me.

 

[tnmudman]

Thank you, will take you up on that. Thinking about the piece i found possibly being from a quarry that far off is very interesting to me, I wish I knew, if it was that would be so cool.