Scraper from Labrador

[mainejman]

I enjoy the scrapers as alot of the ones i find are made of the more exotic lithics of the area and beyond.This particular scraper is no exception.The Red Paint people were a Maritime Archaic Tradition who were adept to ocean travel and sites have been discovered as far north as Labrador.This scraper is made of Ramah chert that comes from Labrador and showed up at my Red paint site here in Maine.

 

[creskol]

That's a beauty! Thanks for the educational post, too!

 

[ToddsPoint]

The maritime archaic from your area are supposedly the first in North America to use pecking and polishing to work hardstone igneous rocks into axes and wood working tools. Until that breakthrough, igneous rocks were mostly just used for hammerstones. The paleo Indians had no pecked and polished stone tools.

 

[mainejman]

The maritime archaic from your area are supposedly the first in North America to use pecking and polishing to work hardstone igneous rocks into axes and wood working tools. Until that breakthrough, igneous rocks were mostly just used for hammerstones. The paleo Indians had no pecked and polished stone tools.

I dont believe ive ever heard that but i am very aware of their tool making skills.I have over fifty full and broken examples.

 

[dognose]

That is a well formed scraper!
I like the material, it has the look of Harrison County AKA Wyandotte chert material, which is a favorite material.