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| FT70 |
A very attractive red and mahogany |
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150.00 |
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colored Coastal Plains chert Paleo hafted
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upper Suwannee |
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knife blade having nice tannic staining |
River drainage basin |
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which only adds to it's rustic appearance. |
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 |
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150.00 |
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Coastal Plains Chert Paleo hafted
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Flint River in |
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knife blade having heavy duty river |
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 |
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130.00 |
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Plains chert Paleo knife blade showing
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Flint River in |
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nice percussion flaking with more |
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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| JAFT18 |
A most attractive glossy black obsidian |
Harney Co., OR |
250.00 |
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Paleo Owl Cave preform which, judging |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Ex: Brooks |
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| LEFT3 |
A fairly thin mottled brown and |
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15.00 |
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off-white Alibates flint uni-faced |
Oldham Co., TX |
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thumbnail scraper |
Offered by the finder |
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| TGRFT4 |
A very unusual beige and black chert side-scraper which is uni-faced with |
Offered by the original finder |
24.00 |
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fairly detailed secondary pressure flaking all around it's working edges. |
who recovered this one from |
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an ancient site in San Luis |
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Obispo County, California |
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| TGRFT6 |
An off-white and light bluish-gray fast & dirty novaculite Knife blade |
Offered by the original finder |
25.00 |
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having mostly uni-facial flaking patterns on side B, all leading to the center |
who recovered this one from |
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of this piece. This one "might" have started out being used as a core |
an ancient site in San Luis |
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stone, only to be adopted as a crude knife blade in it's later stages. The |
Obispo County, California |
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bottom section is quite rough with veining which weathered out over time. |
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| TGRFT7 |
A very large, for type, light blue, tan and gray uni-faced novaculite |
Offered by the original finder |
24.00 |
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Scraper. It retains a "pitted" section of the outer host nodule's cortex |
who recovered this one from |
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on side A, but shows pressure flaking especially along 2 of the 4 outer |
an ancient site in San Luis |
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edges. (top and left side in photo 1) It's quite large as far as scrapers |
Obispo County, California |
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go, so it was most likely used to scrape hides of larger game animals. |
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| TGRFT8 |
A fairly thin, well worked tan and gray Monterey chert Incising |
Offered by the original finder |
25.00 |
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and Graver tool. It resembles the Paleo Crescents in form, but this |
who recovered this one from |
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is purely coincidental, as this one is from a much later time era. |
an ancient site in San Luis |
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Obispo County, California |
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| LEFT8 |
A HUGE chunk of very colorful burgundy, blue |
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120.00 |
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and tan alibates flint formed into a worthy Fist |
Oldham Co., TX |
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Axe, bi-facially worked around the business |
Offered by the finder |
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edges. Quite an interesting and attractive piece |
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| FT91 |
A very hefty, meaty brown and light gray |
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25.00 |
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cobblestone Fist Axe in excellent |
Travis Co., TX |
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condition. It's nicely flaked on both faces |
(details to buyer) |
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along the single cutting edge. This one |
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has a lot of character to it and is most |
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likely from the Paleo period. |
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| DAFT472 |
A well flaked opaque black obsidian |
Warner Valley, OR |
35.00 |
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Atlatl Valley Triangular knife blade |
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from the Archaic period. Flaking is |
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thorough, but in random patterns by an |
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intermediate knapper. It also has alkali |
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deposits as testimony to it's antiquity |
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| DFFT1 |
A light brown, red, pink and gray chert |
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12.00 |
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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 |
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18.00 |
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off-white chert drills having slight damage |
Churchill Co., NV |
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| MMFT9 |
A HUGE mottled gray Paleo Butchering blade |
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220.00 |
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which is quite crude but most likely accomplished |
Lee Co., Iowa |
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it's job against the BIG Game animals well. |
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| MHFT1179 |
A plain Jane mottled blue-gray, |
Undocumented, |
45.00 |
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brown and tan Adena knife blade |
most likely |
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Tennessee |
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| DAFT661 |
Now if there was a contest for a "Fast & Dirty" |
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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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| DAFT480 |
A nice group of 3 Oregon |
Warner Valley, OR |
40.00 for all 3 |
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knife blades |
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| GBFT2 |
A fairly large, translucent opalescent |
Offered for sale by the |
22.00 |
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obsidian trade blank having heavy |
finder, who recovered this |
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patination on one face and sharp |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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cutting edges. Most likely used as a |
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knife blade in the interim |
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| GBFT3 |
A fairly large, semi-translucent |
Offered for sale by the |
24.00 |
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obsidian trade blank having heavy |
finder, who recovered this |
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patination on one face and sharp |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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cutting edges. Most likely used as |
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a knife blade in the interim |
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| GBFT4 |
A fairly large, semi-translucent |
Offered for sale by the |
22.00 |
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obsidian trade blank having heavy |
finder, who recovered this |
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patination on one face and a sharp |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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cutting edge. Most likely used as a |
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knife blade in the interim |
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| GBFT5 |
A fairly large, semi-translucent |
Offered for sale by the |
22.00 |
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obsidian trade blank having heavy |
finder, who recovered this |
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patination on one face and sharp |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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cutting edges. Most likely used as |
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a knife blade in the interim |
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| GBFT8 |
A nice looking semi-translucent |
Offered for sale by the |
20.00 |
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obsidian planform for a triangular |
finder, who recovered this |
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blade |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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| GBFT10 |
A neat iridescent gray and black |
Offered for sale by the |
20.00 |
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diagonally banded obsidian |
finder, who recovered this |
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planform, bifacially worked and |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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probably used as a crude knife |
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at this stage of its development |
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| GBFT11 |
A semi-translucent bi-facially |
Offered for sale by the |
18.00 |
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worked trade blank |
finder, who recovered this |
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one in Lyon Co., NV |
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| GBFT12 |
A somewhat bi-facially worked |
Offered for sale by the |
20.00 |
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obsidian leaf shaped planform |
finder, who recovered this |
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which was probably used as a |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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crude knife in the interim |
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| GBFT14 |
A crude semi-translucent obsidian |
Offered for sale by the |
12.00 |
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trade blank having very little |
finder, who recovered this |
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"flaking", mostly to 1 side only |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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| FT69 |
A totally fascinating and heavily worked-. |
Recovered in |
12.00 |
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down black obsidian Cascade knife blade
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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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| JBFT24 |
An intentionally broken base from a |
Recovered in NW |
8.00 |
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quarry blank, the piece which was
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Arkansas, Benton Co. |
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broken off, was then made into a tool |
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or arrowhead, and this left-over section |
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was saved for use at a later time. |
Full history to buyer |
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