scrapers

jeff a · Aug 27, 2009

different types of scrapers from ohio hafted shaft,hafted and thumbnail post pics of yours if you have them ,lets get some posts filled with pics of the diffent types of artifacts and materials

The Grim Reaper · Aug 27, 2009

You asked. lol

jeff a · Aug 27, 2009

lol, i see you find alot of thumbscrapers too,i have bunches they are good site indicators

uniface · Aug 27, 2009

You'd have to call that an avalanche of them ! :hello2:

Neogeo · Aug 27, 2009

Sweet those are awsome...Tools are my fav...IMO way under-rated!

Th3rty7 · Aug 27, 2009

My three favorite scrapers. The sonora duckbill has a cool feature, it's beveled like a dovetail, or lost lake. I'll post some more after dinner.

Bluesy · Aug 27, 2009

Great post, Jeff - love posts full of pics

Thirty7, your first pic is a beauty! It looks like a dark blue material on my end. Is it blue or black? Whatever the color, it's a beautiful scraper!

uniface · Aug 27, 2009

Freaking awesome ! :headbang:

Th3rty7 · Aug 27, 2009

Bluesy said:
Great post, Jeff - love posts full of pics

Thirty7, your first pic is a beauty! It looks like a dark blue material on my end. Is it blue or black? Whatever the color, it's a beautiful scraper!

Thanks Bluesy, it's a rich, deep blue, high grade upper mercer from Ohio.... here's some more uniface eye candy for your viewing pleasure.

Neogeo · Aug 27, 2009

Love those Bi-fi hafted scrapers..

Th3rty7 · Aug 28, 2009

Hey Dork, do you call those flake tools in the first pic scrapers?

ink-a-alot · Aug 28, 2009

thirty7 said:
Hey Dork, do you call those flake tools in the first pic scrapers?

man thats alot of tools. awsome :headbang:

pickaway · Aug 28, 2009

Great artifacts wow...

Bluesy · Aug 28, 2009

Wow, Thirty7, those are beautiful! Some of the material that you and Dorkfish find is awesome. I don't know if there is anything like that around here - at least I haven't found any. Most of the artifacts here seem to be the white Burlington chert or that orange/brown material (jasper? maybe?) Thanks for all of the pics, just gorgeous!

The Grim Reaper · Aug 28, 2009

thirty7 said:
Hey Dork, do you call those flake tools in the first pic scrapers?

thirty7, yeah there is a mix of Scrapers and Flake Tools in each of those pictures.

ohio · Aug 28, 2009

thirty7, did you find that beveled scraper? I would almost call it a Cobbs. It is killer!
Chuck

Th3rty7 · Aug 28, 2009

ohio said:
thirty7, did you find that beveled scraper? I would almost call it a Cobbs. It is killer!
Chuck

Hey Chuck, nope didn't find it, it's x David Farris, Ky. It's very Cobbs like, just twice as thick as your average Cobbs and uniface. I tend to think it was handheld and used as a multitool endscraper and knife combo, as opposed to being hafted, imo. Regards , Ryan

The Grim Reaper · Aug 28, 2009

Thirty7, I wonder if maybe your beveled Scraper was perhaps a Thebes at one time and the base was broken off so they reworked it into a Scraper where the base once was. Just a thought.

jeff a · Aug 28, 2009

with those flat faces it sure looks like a salvaged thebes

Th3rty7 · Aug 28, 2009

Bluesy said:
Wow, Thirty7, those are beautiful! Some of the material that you and Dorkfish find is awesome. I don't know if there is anything like that around here - at least I haven't found any. Most of the artifacts here seem to be the white Burlington chert or that orange/brown material (jasper? maybe?) Thanks for all of the pics, just gorgeous!

Appreciate the kind words Bluesy, I'm lucky enough to live right were two major indian trails intersect. At the last archeology society meeting I went too the guest speaker(an archeologist from Jmu told the group that there are so many lithics in the area that natives were picky about the materials they used. The old trails brought in trade materials as well she said. Have a good one.