some assorted Mandan artifacts

[larson1951]

my friend told me about these pieces he has found over the last few weeks
he is interested in comments on the gray chert (TRSS) point which has tip damage
i am thinkng either oxbow or duncan-hanna
also note the flat bone fish hook blank which would have yielded two hooks when finished

 

[steve71]

awesome pieces

 

[Jonzer]

Love the Knife River Flint.

 

[old digger]

Hello Steve; The broken tipped point looks like a possible McKean Lanceolate point. Beautiful material in the other High Plains points, and cool design in the pottery chards. Elk antler tip, any signs that it could have been used in pressure flaking? Super finds, Congratulations!

 

[jimb]

WOW!

 

[larson1951]

thanks
yup that is a pressure flaking tool, we find a few of those every year
but like i said these came from the same area but were not found by me
larson1951

 

[11KBP]

my friend told me about these pieces he has found over the last few weeks
/QUOTE]

Nice group of artifacts. I like the large side notch.

Steve, could you post some pictures of the largest side notched points you or your friends have found, especially the ones you call "jaw notched" and/or "jaw notched billings"

Thanks

11KBP

 

[larson1951]

ok 11KBKP
i will do it
we dont find any bigger but i will get some jaw notch points and post them
they are usually the finest examples of flaking we find
i would think it took a special talent to get the jaw notch just right
stay tuned i will post you some good examples my friend
steve

 

[larson1951]

ok 11KBP
the point in the first post is about the largest we have found
now here are images for your perusal
the first and second ones are jaw notched billings
the last one is a regular jaw notch arrow point
you can see why they are called jaw notched as the inside of the notch is larger than the outside edges

 

[larson1951]

here is another one, as you can see, this is not the billings style with one longer leg

 

[11KBP]

ok 11KBP
the point in the first post is about the largest we have found
now here are images for your perusal
the first and second ones are jaw notched billings
the last one is a regular jaw notch arrow point
you can see why they are called jaw notched as the inside of the notch is larger than the outside edges
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Those are amazing pieces Steve ...great material, thanks for posting them.

I have seen some quite large side notched knives in other Mandan/Arikara
collections and most always are well made from high-grade lithic sources.

11KBP

 

[flintdigger]

Those are some really nice goodies. I alway's love seeing your artifact's. I love that N. Dakota stuff.

 

[larson1951]

Those are some really nice goodies. I alway's love seeing your artifact's. I love that N. Dakota stuff.

thanks tommy
hope things are going ok now
thinking about you
steve

 

[flintdigger]

Things are getting a bit better Steve my wife is in physical Rehab right now.