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This page contains "other" Ancient native American Indian
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chert tools such as Knife Blades, Hide Scrapers and Drills to name a few |
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| BWFT5 |
A very interesting and
attractive, heavily |
Recovered from |
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river polished black
basalt Early Archaic |
Klamath Falls, OR |
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Cascade knife blade, thoroughly flaked on
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both faces and having a nice horizontal
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finger-rest channel on side B, which
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enabled this blade to be used as a 4-way
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knife with either hand. Quite a nice
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specimen having attractive frosty patina
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| BWFT6 |
An interesting light tan
chert Archaic |
Klamath Falls, OR |
55.00 |
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Triangular Knife blade
which was most |
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likely traded into the area from a great |
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distance from where it was recovered. |
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Flaking is somewhat rough and crude, |
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but it is thorough on both faces
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| FT33 |
An Exceptional and Large |
Greene Co., Arkansas |
120.00 |
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perfect Dalton drill made from |
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tan and gray Crowley's ridge |
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chert w/ a red tip |
Partain
COA |
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| FT85 |
Red/Brown |
Flint River |
35.00 |
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Coastal Chert |
Dougherty County, GA |
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Adze |
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| MHFT933 |
A fairly large, slightly
crude |
Recovered in |
65.00 |
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mottled tan and brown chert |
Franklin Co., OR |
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Cascade knife blade
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| MHFT942 |
A HUGE and meaty black |
Found by L.L. Valdivia in |
100.00 |
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obsidian Cascade blade |
San Rafael, CA in 1947 |
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blank which retains outer
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sections of the original host
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stones surface on both ends
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| MHFT1027 |
A mottled gray-green chert
Early Archaic |
Recovered in |
115.00 |
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Chilcotin Plateau
side-notched hafted knife |
Washo Co., NV |
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blade which has seen many ancient
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resharpenings. Flaking patterns are
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thorough on both faces and the color
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makes quite an attractive display item |
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| MHFT1028 |
A lime green and tan chert
Cascade |
Recovered in |
50.00 |
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Early Archaic Cascade
knife blade |
Harney Co., OR |
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thoroughly flaked on both faces but
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having a lateral shear to one edge at the
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base for a distance of 1" (photos 5 & 6) |
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| MHFT1029 |
A black chert Archaic
Atlatl Valley Triangular |
Recovered in |
100.00 |
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Knife blade having
thorough flaking patterns |
Humboldt Co., NV |
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to both faces by a novice knapper
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| DFFT1 |
A light brown, red, pink
and gray chert |
Recovered in
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20.00 |
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Side Knife from the late
prehistoric |
North Dakota |
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phase, between 300 and 500 years
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old. Flaking is erratic and not very well |
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formed. (Fast & dirty technology)
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| JCFT18 |
A nice set of 2 obsidian
and 1 orange and |
Recovered in |
18.00 |
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off-white chert drills having slight damage |
Churchill Co., NV |
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| MBFT83 |
A delicious purplish-red
Tecovas jasper Plains |
Found in Texas with
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50.00 |
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Knife blade well flaked on
both faces and |
no further provenance |
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retaining a slight curve from the form of the flake |
Jackson SOA |
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it was made from. Quite an attractive piece
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(Statement of authenticity)
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| DWFT3 |
A fairly flat,
semi-translucent white, blue |
Recovered near |
22.00 |
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and red agate turn-key
drill/perforator, |
Moab in Grand
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made on a flake and retaining most of the
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Co., Utah
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original flake's surface on side B. Side A
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is more thoroughly flaked, but mostly just |
Ex: Brooks
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around the edges
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Ex: Hanford |
5/24 ON-HOLD |
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| RHFT1 |
An attractive high quality
mottled |
Western
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175.00 |
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brown Permian flint Early Knife
blade |
Nebraska |
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having light basal grinding and micro- |
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flaked edges as well as a high gloss
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river polish to it's surfaces. This baby
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measures 1-9/16" long by 3/4" wide by |
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3/16" thick |
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| DLFT7 |
A nice off-white and gray hixton |
Found at a quarry site in
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90.00 |
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sugar quartz Paleo Knife
blade which |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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is a little on the crude side and has a
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seller (details to buyer) |
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uni-facial "form", but in fact is bi- |
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facially worked. It has a recent nick
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to the tip and a substantial ledge to |
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side A, just above the centerline
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| DLFT8 |
A very nice off-white hixton
sugar |
Found at a quarry site in
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90.00 |
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quartz knife blade,
bi-facially worked |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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with percussion flaking and having
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seller (details to buyer) |
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secondary pressure flaking along one
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edge. (This is the highest quality fine
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grained quartz.) The median ridge
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coupled with collateral flaking suggest |
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it is from the early Archaic period.
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An attractive item in a rare material
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| DLFT9 |
A medium sized bi-facially
worked |
Found at a quarry site in
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95.00 |
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white hixton sugar quartz
early |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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Archaic skinning knife blade made
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seller (details to buyer) |
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by percussion flaking with good
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secondary pressure flaking patterns.
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It has 2 substantial ledges on side B |
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with a slight stack on side A.
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| FT69 |
A totally fascinating and
heavily worked-. |
Recovered in |
15.00 |
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down black obsidian Cascade knife
blade |
SE Oregon |
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It has thorough flaking to both faces, with
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the ancient resharpenings giving much finer
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and detailed flaking patterns above the
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hafted area
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| FT70 |
A very attractive red and
mahogany |
Recovered from the |
125.00 |
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colored Coastal Plains chert Paleo
hafted |
upper Suwannee |
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knife blade having nice tannic staining
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River drainage basin
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which only adds to it's rustic appearance.
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in Florida |
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It has nice percussion flaking with more
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micro pressure flaking to the cutting edge. |
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A most fascinating item.
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| FT72 |
A very rustic and sturdy
dark brown |
Recovered from the |
125.00 |
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Coastal Plains Chert Paleo hafted |
Flint River in |
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knife blade having heavy duty river
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Dougherty Co., GA |
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polish and tannic staining which only
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adds to it's appearance. The surface
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itself somewhat resembles the surface |
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of the desert polished Acheulean
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hand-axes from the old world. |
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| FT73 |
A highly river polished
orange Coastal |
Recovered from the |
120.00 |
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Plains chert Paleo knife blade
showing |
Flint River in |
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nice percussion flaking with more
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Dougherty Co., GA |
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minute pressure flaking patterns on the |
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cutting edges. The diagonal "cut" at the |
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base is actually the original striking
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platform from which this piece was
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made. An outstanding "looker" for
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serious blade collectors. |
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| FT75 |
This one reminds me of the
silver-back gorillas, |
Recovered in |
35.00 |
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the color matches perfectly. A
semi-translucent, |
SE Oregon |
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opalescent AND iridescent obsidian Archaic
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Atlatl Valley triangular knife blade which changes
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color from black to silver when it is turned at
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different angles to a light source. It appears to be
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a hastily made blade, and was probably intended
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as a preform for an arrowhead but was used as a
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knife blade in the interim. It has a diagonal "slice"
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to 1 edge running from the tip for 3/8" along the
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cutting edge. A quite rare hoststone material, I've
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only seen a few other artifacts made from the
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silver-to-black iridescent obsidian.
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7/22 ON-HOLD |
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| MHFT561 |
A unique uni-faced olive
green |
Found in |
15.00 |
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Franciscan chert scraper
blade |
Humboldt Co., CA |
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which retains the original |
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striking platform at the base
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHFT563 |
A fairly flat dark green |
Found in |
15.00 |
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Franciscan chert turn-key
drill |
Humboldt Co., CA |
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made on a flake and having
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diagonal nicks to the tip, |
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probably caused from usage |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHFT600 |
A fairly thick green and
burgundy |
Found in |
18.00 |
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Franciscan chert hafted
Cascade |
Shasta Co., CA |
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knife blade which is missing it's tip |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| JAFT18 |
A most attractive glossy
black obsidian |
Harney Co., OR |
250.00 |
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Paleo Owl Cave preform
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by the micro-edgework on the mostly
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unfinished side B, was used as a small
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knife blade at this stage of it's manufacture. |
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A very attractive study of the stages
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involved in the manufacturing process |
Ex: Davidson |
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| DWFT1 |
An interesting tan-brown
Agate |
Recovered in |
75.00 |
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almost uni-faced Cascade
knife |
Ruby Valley, NV
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blade having a single clear diagonal
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vein just above the hafting area. Side |
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A is fairly well flaked, but side B is
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Ex: Berreth
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only pressure flaked around all edges |
Ex: Brooks |
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| DWFT2 |
A highly attractive glossy
off-white and |
Recovered in |
130.00 |
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tan Chalcedony Ovular
knife blade |
Las Animas Co., CO
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which was probably destined to
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become a preform eventually. It retains
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a small section (7/16") of the original
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striking platform on the base. It appears |
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to have desert polished calcium
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deposits in the center of side A, which
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someone tried to aggressively remove |
Ex: Brooks |
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| DWFT4 |
A huge and attractive
mottled |
Recovered from |
275.00 |
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gray owl creek chert
Covington |
Coryell Co., TX
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blade. Thoroughly flaked and
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quite well-made
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| JAFT4 |
A very nice, sturdy fine
grained |
Found at Silver Lake |
275.00 |
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blue-gray dacite uni-faced
Archaic |
(1971) in Lake Co., OR |
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hump-back scraper knife blade
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| DAFT461 |
A mottled brown and white
agate |
Found on the |
25.00 |
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hafted triangular knife blade
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Columbia River, OR |
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appears to have been anciently re- |
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sharpened down to almost nothing.
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It displays a hafting stop on side A
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and a pressure-fitting slope to side B |
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| DAFT456 |
A fast and dirty red and
purple |
Lane Co., OR |
20.00 |
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chert Cascade knife blade |
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showing secondary pressure
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flaking along all 4 edges, but
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little flaking attempts elsewhere |
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| MAFT2 |
An interesting mottled
blue-gray |
Recovered in
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flint Archaic pencil drill |
Madison Co., TN |
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| FT11 |
A scarce deep brown
Monterey chert |
Found in
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SOLD |
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Paleo Hand Axe having white banding
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Santa Maria, CA |
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A fairly nice off-white and |
Found at a quarry site in
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35.00 |
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orange hixton sugar quartz early |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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Archaic socketed knife blade
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seller (details to buyer) |
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which has a recent nick to the
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tip. It shows nice secondary
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pressure flaking to one edge
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| DLFT18 |
A fairly large tan and
orange hixton sugar |
Found at a quarry site in
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60.00 |
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quartz Adz having slight
red coloration to |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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one corner. It has good cutting edges
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seller (details to buyer) |
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created by percussion flaking and is just
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a very interesting artifact |
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| JDFT5 |
A most interesting and well
worked |
Found near the towns |
SOLD |
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semi-translucent agate
bi-pointed |
of Neahkahnie and
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Cascade knife blade from the early
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Manzanita in Oregon |
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Archaic period between 4,000 and
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8,000 years old
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| DAFT62 |
An almost translucent
moonstone agate, |
American Falls, ID |
75.00 |
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very flat stemmed blade having a
halo of |
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yellow all around the blade's periphery.
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The surface is very rough and ONLY
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the edges of both sides have been flaked |
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in the old "fast and dirty" style
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Ex: Crandall |
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| DAFT661 |
Now if there was a contest
for a "Fast & Dirty" |
Recovered in
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15.00 |
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category, this one would
take first place, hands |
Jackson Co., OR |
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down! A mottled reddish-brown chert Flake
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knife blade, made on a very large flake and
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having only cursory pressure flaking evident. It
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retains a long vertical white section from the host |
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stone's cortex along one edge. It's crude, but it
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was capable of serving it's purpose, as the blade |
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edges are still quite sharp. This could have been
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a blank, which was used as a knife in the interim |
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