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| This page features Ancient Indian arrowheads and artifacts from the Archaic time era which are between 3,000 to 10,000 years old! |
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Type: Johnson |
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| RPAR37 |
A somewhat rustic, brown-gray quartzite Johnson dart point/knife blade/saw combination |
Recovered from |
275.00 |
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artifact well flaked by an extremely advanced (near-master) knapper in an impossible to |
Choctaw Co., OK |
1/17 ON-HOLD rs |
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work material. The flaking patterns on side A are awe-inspiring, especially for the |
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difficulty in working this type of material, which doesn't truly "flake" during the knapping |
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process. Side B is well worked around the edges, but here is where the advanced |
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knapper ran into problems with the host stone resisting knapping efforts; this side has a |
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couple of substantial vertical ledges running down the center of the blade, just below the |
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horizontal centerline. (photo 5) The very tip of one auricle is flat (right side in photo 6) |
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from the original host stone's form. Artistically, this piece shows one heck of a knapping |
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effort, although the host material lacks color. It's dates to 5,000 to 9,000 years old. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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Type: Lost Lake |
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| DIAR2 |
A very stunning and quite colorful tan, red, mottled |
Recovered in |
1,500.00 |
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gray, blue, orange, pink and cream colored Flint |
Putnam Co., OH |
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Ridge flint Lost Lake having multiple crystal veins |
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adding to it's already exceptional character. It's |
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very well flaked on both faces by a very advanced |
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knapper, although it does have a few slight steps |
Ex: Paul Paning |
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where the host stone didn't cooperate with the |
Ex: Harold Christopher |
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knapping process. Just a great, outstanding artifact |
Davis COA (G9!) |
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Type: Pinetree |
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| DIAR1 |
An absolutely gorgeous light gray, tan and red |
Recovered in |
1,400.00 |
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chert classic Pinetree, well flaked on both |
Harrison Co., IN |
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faces. It has a lateral shear, which was the |
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ancient knapper's "Oopsie" (as it was made) |
(details to buyer) |
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extending from one corner of the base, |
Ex: Gene Lentz |
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diagonally to the top of one notch. (Photos 5 |
Jackson COA |
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& 7) Still a highly attractive artifact
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Davis COA (G10!) |
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| Item: |
Type: Dovetail |
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| RUAR2 |
A very nice, quite large mottled gray and brown Indiana |
Undocumented, most likely |
550.00 |
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hornstone Dovetail blade. It's fairly well flaked on both |
judging from the material, |
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faces and is just beginning to show the first signs of left- |
Kentucky |
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hand beveling. It has a couple of usage wear marks to |
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one edge (photo 6) and also has slightly serrated edges |
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from ancient resharpenings |
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| Item: |
Type: Graham Cave |
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| RPAR28 |
An attractive midnight blue flint Graham Cave Knife form having a |
Found in Louisiana |
125.00 |
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single vertical black vein running down it's centerline. Both surfaces |
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show traces of the initial percussion flaking stage, with secondary |
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pressure flaking along all edges. It has a "hollow" section in the center |
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of side B where weaker sections of the host material fell away in |
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ancient times. It shows substantial river polish on both faces which |
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gave this piece a nice glossy appearance and smoothed out the |
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flaking ridgelines without detracting from the ancient flaking patterns. |
Ex: Perino |
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| Item: |
Type: Lost Lake |
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| RUAR5 |
A most attractive blue flint (hornstone) Lost Lake |
Recovered in |
650.00 |
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dart point having thorough flaking on both faces |
Western Tennessee |
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and very deep corner notches. A most attractive |
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example of this highly desirable Archaic artifact. |
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| Item: |
Type: Hidden Valley Knife |
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| RPAR29 |
A most impressive, for it's size and material, very long off-white chalcedony |
Recovered near |
1000.00 |
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Hidden Valley Knife form having a bluish hue. The edges appear to have been |
Texarkana Lake, |
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intentionally "roughed out" by it's creator to better facilitate a good, serious |
Arkansas |
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"sawing" or cutting edge. It dates between 6000 and 8000 years old. |
Ex: Perino |
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Type: Angostura |
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| LSAR20 |
An attractive light brown Edwards chert Angostura blade |
Recovered in |
45.00 |
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showing ALOT of working down through ancient usage
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Central Texas |
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and resharpening. Flaking is thorough, but not done by a |
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master knapper. Still a fair sized, collectible piece. |
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| Item: |
Type: Greenbrier |
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| LSAR21 |
A fairly large off-white chalcedony Greenbrier blade |
Recovered in |
75.00 |
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showing heavy dark gray tannic river staining and nice
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Tennessee |
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basal grinding as testimony to it's early Archaic date |
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| Item: |
Type: Alamance |
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| LSAR24 |
A sturdy mottled light brown Dover |
Recovered in |
45.00 |
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chert Alamance dart point having a
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Lee Co., MO |
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red tip, good thorough flaking and |
Has Ancient Relics of the |
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an unfortunate slight chip to one ear. |
Mid-South's guarantee |
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of authenticity |
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Type: Archaic Dart |
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| LSAR35 |
A tannish Edwards chert Archaic Atlatl dart point with |
Pecos Valley, TX |
25.00 |
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frosty patination, a needle-sharp tip and an ancient gouge
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to one edge, just above the hafting area. Ancient |
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resharpenings were primarily focused around the tip area. |
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(The COA doesn't further specify the "type", but from |
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experience I would call this one a crude Angostura point) |
Stermer COA |
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Type: Pine Tree |
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| LSAR48 |
A very neat gray and tan chert |
Uncertain, but most |
45.00 |
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miniature Pine Tree arrowhead
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likely Kentucky |
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having a couple of dark brown |
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bands. This one's really a charmer. |
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| Item: |
Type: Lanceolate |
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| LSAR52 |
A very archane mottled light |
This was a cave find in |
75.00 |
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gray chert Early Stemmed
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Marshall, Arkansas |
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Lanceolate blade |
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| Item: |
Type: Nolan |
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| LSAR53 |
A rosy red and gray chert Nolan |
Texas |
70.00 |
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hafted blade having a slightly curvy
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shape from ancient use and |
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resharpenings. Overall a thoroughly |
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worked piece having some ancient |
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damage to the bottom of the stem. |
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| Item: |
Type: Johnson |
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| LSAR63 |
A sturdy, fairly flat mottled |
Arkansas |
25.00 |
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pink, gray and purple chert
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Johnson dart point |
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| Item: |
Type: Beacon Island |
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| LSAR66 |
An interesting glossy gray-blue |
Tennessee |
25.00 |
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chert Beacon Island arrowhead
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with a tannish-brown base |
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| Item: |
Type: Etley |
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| RPAR26 |
A very wicked mottled tan chert hook-nosed Etley Shaft Scraper |
Recovered from |
250.00 |
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showing excellent mineralization. It's well flaked on both faces, mostly |
NW Arkansas |
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by percussion flaking and has the slightest spider bite to the top edge at |
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the very end of the scraping hook. (photo 5) It kind of baffles me why, |
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with so much host stone material left, that this one would be relegated |
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to the simple task of scraping atlatl shafts, when a tool half it's size |
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could have been used just as well. I can only surmise that this was a |
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tool used with a dual purpose, probably as a Knife blade as well as a |
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shaft scraper, as was more common during the Paleo period. |
Ex: Perino |
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Type: Bajada |
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| LSAR109 |
A nice, sturdy light gray |
Otero Co., NM |
75.00 |
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chert Bajada point |
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Type: Rio Grande |
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| LSAR108 |
A mottled brown, tan and |
Otero Co., NM |
75.00 |
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gray diagonally banded chert |
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Rio Grande dart point |
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| Item: |
Type: Palmillas |
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| LSAR103 |
An interesting grayish-purple chert |
Otero Co., NM |
50.00 |
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Palmillas dart point. Flaking patterns |
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are thorough but mostly nondescript |
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Type: Ensor |
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| LSAR70 |
A light mottled blue-gray chert |
Undocumented, |
35.00 |
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Ensor arrowhead having thorough
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most likely Texas |
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flaking patterns, one missing tang, |
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anciently lost and what appears to |
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be a single fire-pop from the |
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surface of side B just below the tip |
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| Item: |
Type: Lerma |
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| LSAR69 |
A most interesting and attractive blue |
Central Texas |
40.00 |
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chert Lerma knife blade showing quite
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a few sections of the original white |
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rind from the host stone. It has a slight |
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ancient clip travelling over the surface |
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of the face of side B from the tip, and |
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shows as the lighter triangular section |
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at the tip in the 4th photograph |
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Type: Escobas |
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| MCAR2 |
A light blue-gray and tan chert Escobas Knife form, well flaked on |
Found near Albuquerque, NM |
125.00 |
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both faces, mostly by percussion flaking with very fine pressure flaking |
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to the cutting edges in a right handed bevel fashion. It's fairly thick and |
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sturdy as most knife forms are and it has good basal grinding. |
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Type: Angostura |
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| RPAR9 |
A pretty nice off-white chert Angostura dart point having |
Recovered in |
200.00 |
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reddish-brown mineral inclusions which give it a slightly |
Bastrop Co., TX |
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veined pattern. It's well flaked (although not exceptionally |
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so) on both faces to a median ridge. It has nice desert |
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polish, good mineralization and basal grinding. Not a bad |
Ex: Patterson |
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specimen, not one to jump up and down about (unless |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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you were the original finder), but not a bad piece. |
Collection |
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Type: Dovetail Blade |
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| RPAR10 |
A very attractive, 2-shades of light blue flint Dovetail Blade Form |
Recovered in |
150.00 |
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which, despite numerous ancient re-sharpenings is still quite a sturdy |
Bond Co., IL |
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piece. It's thoroughly and well flaked on both faces with moderate |
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left handed beveling. It has good basal grinding and is asymmetrical |
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from ancient sharpenings, so much so on the left edge in photo 2, |
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that I'm surprised it didn't take out the thinnish barb above the |
Ex: Marion Dickson |
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notch, but this little guy still hung in there! Quite a pretty piece. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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Type: Mehlville Knife |
Provenance: |
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| RPAR14 |
A VERY large and impressive white burlington chert Late |
Recovered in |
625.00 |
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Archaic Mehlville Knife form having very deep basal |
Lewis Co., MO |
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notches. Flaking is mostly percussion and is thorough on |
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both faces with secondary pressure flaking around all of the |
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edges. Essentially a problem-free monster of an artifact |
Ex: Greg Perino, Tom Davis, |
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which deserves centerpiece status in a worthy collection. |
Martin, Swanger collections |
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An Interesting Addition of Information: I received an email from a former owner of this beauty, and I thought that his comments were worthy of sharing here: |
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Hello this is Scott Swanger I was looking through your web site and saw one of my old points on there RPAR14 Mehlville. Just wanted to pass along some info on the point, in the late 1990's Denny Ross put out sets of collector cards that had indian relics on them called Ross Collector Cards Prehistoric Artifacts of Early Man. He used some of my relics and that Mehlville was one of them. It is card #87 in the 1996 set. |
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| Item: |
Type: Dovetail Preform |
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| RPAR15 |
A LARGE off-white, tan and light gray burlington chert |
Recovered in |
550.00 |
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Dovetail Preform which was probably used as a |
Calhoun Co., IL |
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butchering knife blade in the interim. Quite an exceptional |
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piece formed by mostly percussion flaking and having |
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some (sparse) secondary pressure flaking to the edges. A |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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great candidate for the centerpiece of a worthy collection. |
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Type: Simonsen Knife |
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| RPAR17 |
A fairly large, very broad and sturdy light brown chert Early Archaic Simonsen |
Recovered in |
150.00 |
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Knife form very well flaked on both faces but having ancient damage to one |
Limestone Co., AL |
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basal ear and the tang above it, right side in photo 1 and photos 6 & 8. These |
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photos show a lateral fracture travelling up from one corner of the basal ear with |
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an ancient clip to the corresponding side's barb. The opposite side of the base |
Ex: Dickson |
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has a smaller ancient nick to the stem's ear. Still a huge piece which displays well. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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Type: Neuberger Knife |
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| RPAR18 |
A medium-sized off-white burlington chert Archaic Neuberger |
Recovered in Pike Co., IL |
220.00 |
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Knife form which is thoroughly flaked on both faces but having a |
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small, 1/4" stubborn section which left a single diagonal step just |
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above the centerline near the left cutting edge in photo 3. It shows |
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quite a bit of usage wear marks to the cutting edges and is missing |
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the tip of one tang. (left side in photo 7) It has a most unusual |
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very thin through-and-through quartz crystal vein running |
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diagonally across the face. (photos 3, 5 & 6) A very well used |
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ancient knife blade which leans towards the "Plain Jane" side. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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Type: Lange Knife |
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| RPAR19 |
A very light brown flint Lange Knife form which is quite thin and |
Recovered in |
220.00 |
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well made. It has a nice mixture of percussion flaking and |
SE Texas |
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pressure flaking patterns on both faces in a very random |
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pattern. It has 2 slight nicks on the same edge of the blade, one |
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at the centerline, the other closer to the tip. (left side of photo 1) |
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It also has a slight nick to the stem's edge near the left corner in |
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photo 5 and the very tip of one shoulder was nicked off in |
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ancient times. (left side in photo 6) WHEW!... that sounds like a |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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lot of damage, but it's not... this one's still lookin' pretty good |
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| Item: |
Type: Turkey Tail Hebron |
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| RPAR20 |
A very attractive blue flint Turkey Tail Hebron having powdery tan |
Recovered in |
250.00 |
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coloration on and just above the stem from the outer cortex of the |
Saint Clair Co., IL |
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host stone. It's fairly thin and well flaked on both faces, mostly by |
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percussion flaking to the main body with pressure flaking to the |
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edges. It has an ancient usage nick to each of the cutting edges |
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above the horizontal centerline which can readily be seen in photo 5 |
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and a spider bite to the tip. Overall, not a bad looking piece at all. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| Item: |
Type: LaJita Knife Form |
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| RPAR21 |
A medium tan flint LaJita Knife form (classified by "the master", |
Recovered in |
200.00 |
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although I think it looks more like a Lange, you decide) which is |
Bandera Co., TX |
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fairly thin and sparsely flaked on both faces with most of the flaking |
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patterns being from the initial direct percussion stage. It has some |
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pressure flaking patterns, mostly around the outer edges. |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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Type: Angostura |
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| RPAR22 |
A fairly long and quite broad (for type) attractive tan and gray chert |
Recovered in |
375.00 |
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Angostura Dart point/knife form having an overall pleasant yellowish |
Winn Parish, LA |
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patina hue to the surfaces. Flaking patterns are mostly random on |
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side A, while side B shows an attempt at oblique transverse flaking |
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(left side of photo 3) coupled with more random patterns on the |
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remainder of the surface on this side. It has an ancient nick on one |
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cutting edge near the tip. (left side in photo 3 and close-up in photo 8) |
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It has heavy Paleo-style basal grinding and is overall an attractive |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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piece with heavy surface weathering and polish. |
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| Item: |
Type: Neosho Knife Blade |
Provenance: |
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| RPAR6 |
Okay, guys, this question's for extra credit... with only looking |
Recovered in Central Texas |
125.00 |
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at the ashy caliche deposits, can anyone guess what state this |
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one came from? Texas is right! (the ashy caliche deposits, which |
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I haven't seen with the same abundance on artifacts from other |
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states are a very common trait on a great multitude of artifacts |
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recovered from the great state of Texas) A well-used mottled |
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brownish-gray chert Neosho Knife Blade formed exclusively by |
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percussion flaking. It's quite a work-horse of a blade and has |
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nicks to both barbs, as shown in photos 5 though 8. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| Item: |
Type: Lost Lake |
Provenance: |
Price |
| MHAR1494 |
A fairly large, quite broad blue-gray |
Recovered in |
125.00 |
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hornstone Lost Lake blade form. It has |
Fincher Co., TN |
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slight ancient dings and a clip to one ear of |
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the base, but is not an overall bad looking |
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piece. Davis grade simply listed as being: |
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Anciently rechipped. (chicken!) |
Davis COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Lost Lake |
Provenance: |
Price |
| DFAR8 |
A good sized mottled off-white, gray and brown |
Undocumented mid-western |
95.00 |
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diagonally banded chert Lost Lake knife form |
states, judging by the material, |
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from the Early Archaic period, between 6,000 |
I would guess Missouri |
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and 9,000 years old. The tip of one barb is |
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missing and it has a slight nick to the edge of the |
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base. It has some steps on both faces. |
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A nice centerpiece for any collection. |
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| Item: |
Type: Dovetail |
Provenance: |
Price |
| AR97 |
A beautifully formed, very sturdy mottled blue and tan |
Recovered from Muskingum Co., Ohio, |
200.00 |
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Coshocton chert Dove Tail point having nice frosty patina. |
it has an extensive history of ownership |
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Created by a very advanced knapper, it shows good basal |
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grinding. Unfortunately it has 2 flaws, number one, the very |
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tip was recently broken and re-glued by a former owner, |
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and it has an ancient lateral fracture which is hidden in one |
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notch leading from the base. (photos 7 & 9) Still a very |
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desirable item in a most colorful host material. This one is |
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pictured in our book, "How To Find Indian Arrowheads". |
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| Item: |
Type:McWhinney |
Provenance: |
Price |
| AR98 |
A highly attractive red Carter Cave |
Found in Kentucky |
175.00 |
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chert McWhinney Stemmed Knife form |
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which is well flaked on both faces by an |
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advanced knapper to a median ridge. |
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