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| PA112 |
A very nice glossy brown chert Hell Gap dart |
Recovered in |
600.00 |
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point having lighter patina on side B. It is a sturdy |
Osage Co., OK |
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and well made piece having thorough flaking to |
(details to buyer) |
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both faces, although the flaking on side A is more |
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intricate. The basal area is thoroughly ground and |
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with the exception of a single step just to the right |
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of the vertical centerline near the tip (photo 4), |
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it's a problem-free and very attractive point |
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| MCPA2 |
A well made mottled sky blue and light gray Fort Payne chert Clovis Dart |
Recovered near |
900.00 |
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point which is still a gorgeous piece, despite the ancient tip damage. The |
Huntsville, AL |
Reduced! |
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tip has a diagonal "cut" which was "possibly" caused by an impact fracture, |
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550.00 |
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although the tip damage looks more like it was chipped in ancient times |
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and then re-worked with pressure flaking to one face, possibly to be used |
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as a slitting knife tool, before it was anciently repaired. (which it never |
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was, Perino's COA shows the ancient pressure flaking to this |
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broken/refurbished area.) It's very well flaked on both faces and has an |
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excellent fair-sized flute to each face. It has great basal grinding and is still |
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a great looking most ancient piece with no flaws other than the tip section, |
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which might not be flawed at all, from the ancient's standpoint, having been |
Breckinridge COA |
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reworked for use. |
Perino COA |
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| RHPA57 |
A nice and meaty medium-tan flint Paleo Midland Dart point / knife form |
Recovered in |
500.00 |
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which is thoroughly flaked in the Paleo style of horizontal percussion to a |
SE Missouri |
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median ridge on both faces. It has a small section which was anciently |
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damaged along one cutting edge, and I won't insult your intelligence by |
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trying to pass this off as a "spoke shave" as others do, this damaged area |
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although not recent, appears to have happened in an age slightly more |
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recent than the artifact's original creation. It has a small very ancient nick |
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to the tip of one corner of the base and it has nice basal thinning and good |
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basal grinding. Just an overall attractive Paleo piece with "character". |
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| RHPA58 |
A fairly thin mottled blue flint Folsom Dart point which shows traits of |
Recovered near |
500.00 |
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multiple ancient re-sharpenings by pressure flaking to the edges which |
Ft. Smith, AR |
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have crossed over the fluting ridgelines, causing the fluting areas to be |
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somewhat less defined. It lost one auricle in ancient times, but is |
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otherwise intact, as it was used long ago and is still a very rare item. |
Rogers COA |
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| RHPA59 |
A very nice, fairly small (for type) semi-translucent chalcedony Midland Dart |
Provenance was |
500.00 |
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point showing flaking patterns to a median ridge on side A, while side B is flatter |
undocumented but this |
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in cross-section with horizontal flaking patterns. It does have micro-edgework, |
was judged to be a |
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as is typical for Midland points, although the micro-edgework is somewhat |
Texas/New Mexico type |
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subdued, owing to the nature of the host stone. It has good paleo basal grinding |
by Jackson |
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which travels up each edge past the horizontal centerline and the very tip of one |
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auricle was anciently lost. Still a good looking and rare Paleo piece. |
Jackson COA |
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| RHPA60 |
A nice, broad creamy white with blue-gray spots chert Clovis Dart point |
Recovered in |
200.00 |
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showing a single short percussion flute on side A and two longer, but shallow |
Decator Co., GA |
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percussion flutes on side B. I can't begin to guess the original host stone |
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material nor color, although I suspect that it was quite a bit darker than what |
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is now apparent, and I personally think that the entire outer white surface is |
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the result of thousands of years of patina build-up. It has light basal grinding |
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and lost one auricle in ancient times. The flaking patterns aren't anything to |
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write home about, although they were evidently enough to get the job done, |
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and are definitely Paleo by trait. Overall, not a bad Paleo piece. |
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| RHPA61 |
A fairly small semi-translucent honey colored agate Midland Dart |
Provenance undocumented other than most |
300.00 |
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point. The entire surface appears to have been heavily desert |
likely from the San Luis Valley area in |
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polished which, in addition to the nature of the host stone, subdued |
Texas deduced from finder's hunting areas |
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the flaking patterns to a fair degree. It has good basal grinding with |
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a somewhat irregular concave base and the auricles appear to be |
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intact as anciently made and used. An attractive little dart point. |
Bob Knowlton Paper |
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| RHPA62 |
A very nice, fairly thin chocolate brown jasper Paleo Midland Dart |
Recovered in Texas |
950.00 |
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point which has excellent Paleo horizontal transverse percussion |
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flaking on both faces. It has good and typical Midland paleo grinding |
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which travels up both edges about 2/3rds of the way from the base. |
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The base is well formed with basal thinning pressure flaking on both |
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faces. The only negative trait this most ancient piece has is the ancient |
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damage to the tip, which is not all that bad. (photos 6 & 8) |
Rogers COA |
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| RPPA1 |
A super paper-thin semi-translucent honey colored agate Belen |
Recovered in Curry Co., NM |
1600.00 |
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(Midland variant) Dart point. The host material looks every bit like |
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Knife River Flint, even down to the bluish-hued patina. It has gorgeous |
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horizontal transverse flaking patterns with very minute pressure flaking |
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and good Paleo basal grinding. It has a very ancient "clip" from one |
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edge, just above the hafting area which I just can't figure out, as it |
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appears to have been pressure flaked and possibly intentional, as the |
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frosty bluish-white patina forms a thin line all around the outer edges of |
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this piece, and the patina line isn't broken across this section.... OK, |
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Some kind soul email'd me and jogged my memory banks by letting |
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me know that this section was most likely used as a shaft-scraper... |
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Duh!... I *knew dat* (at one time)... |
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Truly a gorgeous piece created by a true Master knapper. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| RPPA4 |
A very attractive mottled light gray dover (?) |
Found in Missouri (NFI) |
2000.00 |
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chert Midland Dart point (classified as Midland |
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by Greg Perino) which is well worked on both |
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faces with good Paleo grinding. Essentially a |
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problem-free example of this ancient type. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| RPPA6 |
A very thin and slender "fish-tailed" (er, one at least) mottled |
Recovered in Paris, |
425.00 |
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brown chert Midland Dart point, well flaked on both faces |
Lamar Co., TX |
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with good paleo basal grinding. Obviously it's missing one |
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entire ear from the base which was anciently lost. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| RPPA7 |
A very good-sized creamy white burington chert |
Recovered near Sedalia, MO |
2000.00 |
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Paleo Stanfield Knife form which is very sturdy |
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and well flaked on both faces. With the |
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exception of a small single-flake recent nick to |
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one edge just above the base (left side in photo |
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6) this one's as perfect as the day it was made. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| RPPA8 |
A gorgeous mottled gray and tan bull's eye cobden chert |
Recovered in Illinois |
2200.00 |
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Clovis Knife form, thoroughly flaked on both faces with |
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a single short flute on the base of side A. Side B shows |
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basal thinning. One ear of the base was anciently |
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sheared off, but other than that it's pretty much "all |
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there" as it was anciently used. Quite an attractive piece! |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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| RPPA9 |
A fairly thin (for size) attractive mottled light gray Paleo |
Found in Eufala, OK |
1000.00 |
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Ovoid Knife blade, well flaked on both faces with a bit of a |
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rough cutting edge from ancient usage near the tip. It retains |
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a powdery white section on the base from the original host |
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stone's outer cortex and has a substantial single step from |
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an overly aggressive flaking effort leading vertically from the |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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base for a length of 1/2". A great paleo piece! |
Perino COA |
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| RPPA11 |
A highly unusual mottled light gray and orange-tan Paleo |
Found near Winnsboro |
400.00 |
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Backed Knife blade apparently made on a quite flat |
and Mt. Pleasant, TX |
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Edwards Plateau chert slab and anciently resharpened |
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until the cutting edges became too squared-off to be |
Ex: Partain, McClemore |
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useful. Thoroughly flaked on both faces by percussion |
and Perino Collections |
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flaking with much pressure flaking to the cutting edges. |
Perino COA |
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| DOPA1 |
A very nice pinkish gray-brown chert |
Midwestern area |
1,100.00 |
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Clovis having a single flute to side A |
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and a slight hafting stop to side B, |
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slightly offset to the right (see photo 4) |
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flaking is fairly thorough on both sides, |
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although side A does have a slight "dip" |
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near the tip (see photo 2) It has nice |
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grinding to the cutting edges at the base, |
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but it has no grinding to the concave basal |
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and this section appears to have sustained |
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ancient damage which was never re- |
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worked, as it is a bit ragged and sharp. |
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Additionally, there is a subtle color change |
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to the host stone covering the entire tip |
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starting at the upper 1/3rd of the surface |
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(see photo 4, horizontal brown line) |
Rogers COA |
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| MMPA1 |
A HUGE light gray and tan chert Paleo butchering blade |
Recovered in Indiana |
325.00 |
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having mostly percussion flaking patterns on both faces. |
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Quite a work-horse of a blade, it has a few minor nicks to |
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it's edges from improper storage, but is otherwise "all there" |
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| RHPA51 |
A very unique and quite attractive, semi-translucent honey colored |
Provenance was vaguely |
1,000.00 |
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and red silicified wood Midland dart point. It's well flaked on both |
specified as being either New |
750.00 |
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faces and is quite thin. It's highly desert polished and has very |
Mexico or N.E. Arizona |
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unusual minute, parallel abrasion lines on both faces, but isolated to |
Ex: Don Pabst, Don Potter, |
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the area of the tip area alone. It has a single step near the upper |
Don Meador |
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edge on side B, just above the horizontal centerline. (Photo 4) All |
Stermer COA |
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in all, quite a superior example of this desirable Paleo type |
Earthworks COA |
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| MBPA19 |
A most attractive fairly long mottled tan and yellow flint Paleo |
Found in NW Colorado |
500.00 |
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Meserve having excellent flaking patterns on both faces and |
by Chester Howard |
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pressure flaked "flutes" from the base on both sides. It has nice |
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basal grinding and an unfortunate, slight lateral impact fracture |
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from the tip, running down a single edge for 3/8". It has a most |
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interesting lighter egg-shaped pattern on one face (photo 4) |
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which adds to it's attractiveness. |
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| JCPA9 |
An interesting semi-translucent horizontally banded |
Washoe Co., NV |
175.00 |
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duo-flow obsidian Paleo Crescent which shows |
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traits of being anciently worked down into a hafted |
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side cutting blade, most likely salvaged when the |
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crescent form sustained damage to one end |
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| DIPA1 |
An absolutely gorgeous horizontally banded gray |
Recovered in |
1,600.00 |
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and brown Reed Springs chert Hell Gap dart |
Le Flore Co., OK |
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point, thoroughly flaked on both faces to a median |
Ex: Jeff Joseph |
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ridge. It has great paleo grinding and is just an |
Jackson COA |
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outstanding artifact! G10 Paleo pieces are RARE!
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Davis COA (G10!) |
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| MBPA18 |
A nice light blue-gray Hornstone flint Quad, well |
Found in |
250.00 |
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flaked on both faces but having edge nicks to a |
Weakley Co., TN |
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single edge on both faces. It has nice paleo basal |
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grinding and is not a bad piece for the age |
Jackson COA |
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| JCPA6 |
A pink and white chalcedony Paleo crescent |
Recovered in |
200.00 |
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missing one ear. Flaking is mostly cursory and side |
Humboldt Co., NV |
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B has a 25% flat spot in the middle of the blade |
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| MHPA1267 |
A stubby little orange chert Milnesand dart |
Undocumented, |
85.00 |
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point, obviously worked down many times |
probably New Mexico |
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in ancient times. One auricle is damaged |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MMPA16 |
A fairly small (for type) white burlington chert Paleo dart point |
Only documented as being |
80.00 |
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(my opinion is Clovis) showing good ancient mineralization and |
from the mid-western US, |
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basal grinding but having MODERN RECHIPPING to the |
Missouri would be my best |
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upper 20% of the tip, priced accordingly. |
educated guess. |
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| MHPA512 |
A medium brown jasper |
Found in |
SOLD |
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Firstview dart point, thoroughly |
Morgan Co., Colorado |
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flaked and pretty much "all there" |
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(as it was made) with nice basal |
Ex: Glasscock |
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grinding. Quite a rare type |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHPA513 |
A river polished brown jasper |
Found in |
165.00 |
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Goshen dart point thoroughly |
Logan County, |
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flaked with 1 small ledge on |
Colorado |
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side B near the right edge |
Ex: Glasscock |
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above the centerline (photo 4) |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| PA119 |
A most unusual mottled reddish-brown vertically |
Recovered in |
165.00 |
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banded petrified wood Paleo Crescent having |
NW Nevada |
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flaking patterns which are a little rough, crude |
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and amateurish. It has an ancient lateral shear to |
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one working end, which appears to have been |
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anciently reworked (at least at the tip) to put it |
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back into action. The opposite working end has |
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a small lateral clip just below the working point |
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| JCPA1 |
A white and cream colored chert Paleo |
Recovered in |
125.00 |
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Crescent well flaked on both faces in a |
Washoe Co., NV |
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random fashion. It has nicks to both cutting |
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ends (photos 5 & 6) and a substantial ledge |
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near the convex edge on side A. (photo 4) |
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| JCPA2 |
A very atypical white chert uni-faced |
Recovered in |
150.00 |
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Crescent mostly worked only around it's |
Pershing Co., NV |
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edges. Both ends show ancient nicking |
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| MHPA1262 |
A pink and cream colored chert |
Recovered in |
150.00 |
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Midland dart point which has a |
Missouri |
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clip to one ear and ancient |
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damage to the tip which left it |
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on the thick and irregular side |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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