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This page contains "other" Ancient native American Indian
"knapped" flint and |
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chert tools such as Knife Blades, Hide Scrapers and Drills to name a few |

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| GHFT1 |
A mottled dark gray chert
Ledbetter |
Recovered in
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35.00 |
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Knife form from the
Archaic period |
Limestone Co., AL |
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between 3500 and 6000 years old |
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| CFFT16 |
A fairly large off-white
and tan quartzite |
Found in Eastern |
65.00 |
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Trade Blank which shows
pressure flaking |
New Mexico |
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along the edges where it was used as a
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Knife Blade in the interim. Most likely a
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Paleo
period tool |
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| MHFT1176 |
A fairly long medium gray
chert |
Undocumented,
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75.00 |
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Copena triangular knife
blade |
probably Tennessee |
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| MHFT1177 |
An interesting fairly
sturdy mottled |
Undocumented,
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150.00 |
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blue-gray flint Copena
triangular |
most likely
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knife blade having cream colored
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Kentucky |
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sections along one edge from the
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host stone's outer layers. It has a
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5/8" nick to one edge just below
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the tip (left side of photo 3) |
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| MHFT1178 |
A fairly large off-white
burlington |
Undocumented,
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125.00 |
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chert Decatur knife blade
having a |
most likely
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nicked tang and more recent (small)
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Missouri |
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nicks to the tip
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| MHFT1179 |
A plain Jane mottled
blue-gray, |
Undocumented,
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125.00 |
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brown and tan Adena knife
blade |
most likely
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Tennessee |
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| FT100 |
An interesting mottled red
and purple chert hafted knife |
Recovered from an
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150.00 |
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blade, well worked on side
A. Side B retains a rough |
unspecified dig site in
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20% section of the original hoststone's cortex, but is
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Northern California by a
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otherwise thoroughly flaked as well. It has a small
flat
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UCSF Anthropology
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section to the corner of one end (photo 7) from the
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professor around 1950 |
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original striking platform. The professor who
recovered |
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this one along with Californian obsidian tools and
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weapons used this example to prove that trade routes |
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existed between the Californian tribes and the tribes
in
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Texas, where he claimed this one originated from |
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| DAFT474 |
A nice group of 3 Oregon
knife blades |
Warner Valley, OR |
60.00 for all 3 |

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| JCFT12 |
A somewhat crude brown
chert Crescent- |
Recovered in
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50.00 |
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shaped hafted Knife blade
which most likely |
Northwestern Nevada |
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dates to the Paleo period |
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| DAFT480 |
A nice group of 3 Oregon |
Warner Valley, OR |
60.00 for all 3 |
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knife blades |
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| RHFT3 |
Five nicely patinated knife
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Found
by Brian Walther
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SOLD |
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river flint thumbnail scrapers |
of Mobridge, SD |
5/5 |

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| FT53 |
A nice pair of scraper /
blade tools. |
Recovered in |
6.00 |
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Roosevalt, WA on |
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the Columbia River |
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| RHFT7 |
Five nicely patinated knife
river |
Found
by Brian Walther
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SOLD |
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flint thumbnail scrapers |
of Mobridge, SD |
5/5 |

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| MHFT836 |
A pretty crude gray-black
basalt |
Found in NW Nevada |
125.00 |
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Cascade knife blade having
a few |
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small chips from the tip. It has a single
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multi-layered stack near the left edge
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just above the centerline in photo 1
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(close-up shown in photo 5) A real
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work-horse of a butchering tool
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| ELFT1 |
A somewhat crude, mostly
unifacially |
Recovered in |
75.00 |
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worked basalt knife blade,
most likely |
Fremont Co., WY |
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from the Archaic period. All secondary
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edgework appears only on side A, and
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it has an ancient break to one edge
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running from just below the 1/2 mark all |
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the way to the base. (Photo 5 shows
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the cross section of this break, which is
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also evident on the left edge of photo 2) |
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| FT90 |
A very thick mottled tan
and off-white |
Recovered in the
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25.00 |
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sugar quartz bi-pointed
chopping tool, |
Nevada Desert |
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which is a little on the crude side due
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to the characteristics of the host stone |
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material (quartz doesn't flake) |
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| FT68 |
An outstanding bright red
river polished |
Recovered from the
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200.00 |
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coastal plains chert duo-purpose
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Suwannee River near |
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butchering knife shaped like a sharks
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Dive Oat, FL |
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tooth. A VERY RARE form ! (unfortunately missing the
tips of both tangs, shown in photos 6 & 7) |
Perino
COA |
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| SLFT1 |
A jet black opaque obsidian
High |
Found by the seller |
45.00 |
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Desert Cascade knife blade having |
in Owyhee Co., ID |
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thorough and superior flaking patterns |
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as well as unfortunate nicks to both
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stem corners as well as to the tip |
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| DLFT15 |
A fascinating off-whte hixton
sugar quartz |
Found at a quarry site in
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100.00 |
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Paleo knife blade which
was bi-facially |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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worked with mostly larger percussion
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seller (details to buyer) |
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flaking. What appears to be crude flaking
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is actually strategically placed finger holds; |
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the original ergonomic design |
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| FT30 |
A gray, brown and off- |
Recovered in |
6.00 |
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white Monterey chert knife |
Santa Barbara, CA |
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blade, minus the tip
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(Chumash territory) |
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| FT34 |
A VERY NICE somewhat thin
slightly |
Recovered from the |
45.00 |
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river polished plains coastal chert hafted
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Flint River in Dougherty |
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Stanfield knife blade having nice basal
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County, GA |
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grinding, from my own personal collection !
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| FT32 |
A thick and in some ways
crude |
Recovered in |
6.00 |
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and in other ways sturdy tan
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Santa Cruz Co., CA |
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banded monterey chert knife blade
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| DLFT19 |
A slightly crude and
certainly well used off-white hixton sugar |
Found at a quarry site in
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125.00 |
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quartz ovate Paleo knife
blade showing good flaking patterns |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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for such a difficult material to work as well as good
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seller (details to buyer) |
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mineralization. There are 4 patches of the original
cortex on
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side B, and these appear as a multitude of very small
amber
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crystal nodules when viewed under magnification.
(prettier than |
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it looks, at first glance) It has a stubborn ledge on
side A, just
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below the tip where percussion flakes from both angles
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terminated. It has a more recent nick to one corner of
the base, |
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but is otherwise in great condition for such an
ancient tool. |
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| DLFT21 |
A caramel colored hixton
sugar quartz |
Found at a quarry site in
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20.00 |
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bi-facially percussion
flaked Paleo |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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Crescent Scraper having a very rough, |
seller (details to buyer) |
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but ancient surface opposite the primary |
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cutting edge, which could possibly be an |
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ancient break or could have been just
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the way it was made... I'm betting on the |
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ancient break, and pricing it accordingly |
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| DLFT25 |
A HUGE reddish-orange-brown hixton |
Found at a quarry site in
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100.00 |
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sugar quartz Paleo Cleaver
(butchering |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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blade) partial showing a nice combination |
seller (details to buyer) |
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of percussion flaking on both surfaces
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with pressure re-touch flaking to the tip.
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The "tip" also has a more recent clip.
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Still quite an interesting item
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| DLFT26 |
A semi-translucent honey
colored |
Found at a quarry site in
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15.00 |
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hixton sugar quartz Paleo
Flake knife |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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blade of the fast and dirty variety
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seller (details to buyer) |
7/22 ON-HOLD |

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| DLFT28 |
A very crude smokey white hixton
sugar quartz |
Found at a quarry site in
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20.00 |
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Paleo butchering tool
having a hooked end for |
Jackson Co., WI by the
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piercing coupled with pressure flaked blade edges |
seller (details to buyer) |
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| RHFT4 |
A sweet little group of 12 |
Oliver County |
SOLD |
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nicely patinated Knife River |
near Bismark, ND |
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Flint thumbnail scrapers
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5/5 |

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| RHFT5 |
A sweet little group of 12 |
Oliver County |
SOLD |
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nicely patinated Knife River |
near Bismark, ND |
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Flint thumbnail scrapers |
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5/5 |

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| RHFT6 |
Five nicely patinated knife
river |
Found
by Brian Walther
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SOLD |
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flint thumbnail scrapers |
of Mobridge, SD |
7/8 |

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| GBFT1 |
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 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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| 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
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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
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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
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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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| GBFT6 |
A fairly large,
semi-translucent |
Offered for sale by the |
20.00 |
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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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| GBFT7 |
A fairly large obsidian
trade |
Offered for sale by the |
18.00 |
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blank having heavy
patination on |
finder, who recovered this |
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one face and sharp cutting
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one in Lyon Co., NV |
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edges. Most likely used as a
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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
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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
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one in Lyon Co., NV |
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crude knife in the interim |
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| GBFT13 |
A fairly large
semi-translucent |
Offered for sale by the |
20.00 |
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obsidian ovular planform,
crudely |
finder, who recovered this |
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bi-facially worked and most likely |
one in Lyon Co., NV |
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used as a cutting tool 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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| JBFT13 |
An off-white chert quarry
blank |
Recovered in NW |
45.00 |
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(see our museum page for an |
Arkansas, Benton Co. |
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explanation of these) |
Full history to buyer |
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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 |
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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