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Paleo Page 2
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contains ancient Native American Indian arrowheads and other artifacts from the
Paleo time
era. |
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years ago to 9,000 years ago) This was the VERY FIRST period during which
the Native |
| American
Indians populated "the new world". To reserve
any arrowhead on this page, simply note the |
| arrowheads
ID number and send an email to Terry
Baxter:
tbaxter99@msn.com |
 
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| BMPA1 |
A SUPER RARE and VERY
attractive multiple fluted |
Chautauqua County in
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8,000.00 |
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Paleo Crowfield point,
also known as an eastern folsom for |
Western "Upstate"
New York |
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its superior craftsmanship and thinness. This
fine example |
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measures 2-7/8 x 1-5/16. It is made from deep
blue, highly |
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patinated onadaga chert. A write-up from Dr.
Gramly states |
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"this point has a small chip that shows the
true color of the point". |
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Even with this chip and a hairline crack it still
graded a
10+ by |
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Tom Davis !!! This
world class paleo lithic gem also comes |
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with a COA from Jerry Dickey and a write-up
from Dr. Gramly |
Ex: John Dickerson,
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It's my personal opinion that Crowfield
points are |
Leslie Pfieffer |
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10 times as rare as Folsom points, and very few
examples |
and Jeff Joseph
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in any condition have been recovered. Recently
added |
Davis, Dickey
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Rogers COA too ! (the vote is unanimous !) |
AND Rogers
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6/10 ON-HOLD |
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| MBPA82 |
A very nice and quite thin
(for type) light |
Recovered in
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300.00 |
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brown chert Paleo Crescent
thoroughly |
Kings Co., CA
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and expertly flaked on both faces. It has a
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single fire pop-mark (top of photo 2), one |
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damaged ear (photos 7 & 8) and slight
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overall usage wear. The centers are lightly
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Ex: Snyder |
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ground. A nice example of this scarce type |
Jackson COA |
7/3 ON-HOLD
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| MBPA98 |
A very thin,
semi-translucent blue-gray with a greenish |
Recovered in
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300.00 |
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cast around the periphery
Fossil Chalcedony Paleo Jeff |
Clay Co., Tennessee |
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dart point well flaked on both faces in a random
fashion. |
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It has basal thinning on side B and a slight hafting
stop
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on side A (photos 1 & 4). It has a slight clip to one
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edge above the hafting area which appears to have been |
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caused during the manufacturing process by an over- |
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zealous pressure flake. It has one slight step
directly
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across from this flake scar. Just a nice looking dart
point |
Jackson COA |
6/3 ON-HOLD |
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| SLPA67 |
A nice slender fine grained
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Offered by the finder |
200.00 |
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black basalt Paleo
Crescent |
who recovered this one
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thoroughly flaked on both faces |
in the Alvord Desert in
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with slight usage wear to one tip |
Harney Co., OR |
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and a chip off the opposing tip |
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| PA113 |
A most attractive gray,
burgundy-brown and |
Gilliam Co., OR |
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red banded chert Paleo
Spedis dart point |
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well flaked on both faces and having a dig
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near the tip on side A, which was probably a |
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crystal inclusion which weathered away and
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was replaced by yellow-white alkali deposits |
Stermer COA |
5/13 |
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| PA114 |
An ultra-thin
semi-translucent honey |
Recovered in
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75.00 |
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colored chert Midland
partial showing nice |
El Paso Co., TX |
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Paleo transverse flaking and very minute
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micro pressure flaking to 3 of the 4 edges
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| PA115 |
A very thin, stubby little
worked-down white, |
Recovered in
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130.00 |
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tan and rose colored
quartzite Midland. It's |
El Paso Co., TX |
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well flaked on both faces but has a ragged
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basal edge covered with caliche deposits.
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Pictured in Overstreet's Vol. 9, page 856 |
Perino COA |
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| PA117 |
A very thin nice blue-gray,
tan and orange chert |
Recovered in
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120.00 |
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Folsom base having one
wide flute on side A |
El Paso Co., TX |
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and 2 thinning flutes on side B. It has micro
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flaking to all four edges, although the edgework
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on side A is superior by far. The base is ground |
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| PA118 |
A most unusual and small
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Recovered in
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200.00 |
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orange chert Paleo
Crescent. It has |
Lake Co., OR |
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anciently re-worked ends and nice
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grinding in the center of both edges
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| PA119 |
A most unusual mottled
reddish-brown vertically |
Recovered in
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225.00 |
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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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| PA121 |
A highly unusual and quite
broad green and red |
Recovered in
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225.00 |
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Franciscan chert Paleo
Butterfly Crescent. It is very |
Harney Co., OR |
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well flaked on both faces by a very advanced knapper
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who had a definite "system". One ear is missing and
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one point at the bottom was laterally sheared away.
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(Right side of photo 2) It also has a "hook" to one
end
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caused by a crystal inclusion weathering away over
time
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| DAPA662 |
A bluish-white agate Paleo |
Fort Rock, OR |
50.00 |
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Uni-faced scraper/knife
blade |
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having a section of the original
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host stone's cortex intact
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| CFPA1 |
A nice very light
brown-gray chert |
Quay Co., NM |
40.00 |
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Paleo Golondrina Base
having typical |
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basal grinding. It has good "almost"
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micro pressure flaking to the edges, and
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must have been a real beauty in it's day |
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| BWPA6 |
A fairly small, quite
worked down honey |
Recovered on the |
85.00 |
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agate Spedis type II dart
point. It has |
Columbia River in
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very detailed random flaking on side A,
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Washington |
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less so on side B, and it's lacking the
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basal grinding which the Spedis type
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sometimes has. A neat little Paleo jewel
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| DFPA1 |
A nice little black
obsidian Paleo Crescent, |
Recovered in |
140.00 |
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well flaked on both faces
with good alkali |
Burns, OR |
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deposits on side B as a testimony to it's
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antiquity. It has a small nick to the convex
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cutting edge and to one end. It also has a
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series of 4 smaller stacked ledges on side B |
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(Top of photo 6)
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| MHPA1268 |
A set of 3 fluted Folsom
partials in |
Undocumented |
125.00 |
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various materials. The
translucent |
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pink agate section shows heavy
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duty fire-popping to one entire face
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHPA1265 |
A heavily patinated (mostly
on side B) dark |
Found in
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250.00 |
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brown chocolate chert
Scottsbluff dart point well |
Colorado
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flaked on both faces but having an impact fracture |
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to the tip. (photo 7) It has a circular depression
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on the stem of side A from a crystal inclusion
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which weathered away. The stem is nicely ground |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHPA1266 |
A small, heavily patinated
white and |
Undocumented, possibly |
SOLD |
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blue chert Clovis dart
point which has |
patinated Knife River Flint
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some serious lateral damage near the |
from North Dakota |
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tip and a lateral fracture just above
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the right auricle, shown in photo 5 |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| SLPA66 |
A nice deep gray
fine-grained |
Offered by the finder |
300.00 |
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basalt Crescent, slightly
larger |
who recovered this one
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than the average size with both
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in the Alvord Desert in
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ends showing usage chipping |
Harney Co., OR |
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| ELPA6 |
A semi-translucent knife
river flint Eden |
Recovered in
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90.00 |
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tip having foggy blue
patina. It has good |
Sublete Co., WY |
Price reduced! |
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flaking patterns to a median ridge on
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both faces. An interesting study piece
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| DHPA5 |
A fairly small (for type) heavily |
Recovered in the
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175.00 |
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river polished blue-gray chert |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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"dipper style" Paleo Crescent
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which shows traces of having
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sustained a lateral shear to one
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cutting edge from ancient usage |
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| DHPA6 |
A blue-gray chert Paleo
Butterfly |
Recovered in the
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175.00 |
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Crescent having nice
desert polish, |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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2 ancient fire pops (photo 6) and
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lateral shears to both cutting edges
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(photos 7 & 8) from ancient usage.
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For all it's ancient flaws, it's still an
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attractive piece which displays well |
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| DHPA8 |
A medium brown jasper Paleo
Butterfly |
Recovered in the
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200.00 |
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Crescent having a highly
unusual "flat" form. |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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Both faces appear to have been formed by |
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a shearing technology, leaving flat sections |
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in the middle of each side, but with delicate |
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pressure flaking around all edges on side
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A, and around all edges of side B except
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the bottom edge. Quite a unique example
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of this highly desirable piece |
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| DHPA9 |
Now this one must have been
made by the same |
Recovered in the
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140.00 |
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knapper as DHPA8, above. A
fairly small (for type) |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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medium gray chert
Paleo Butterfly Crescent having a |
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highly unusual "flat" form. Both faces appear to have |
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been formed by a shearing technology, leaving flat
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sections in the middle of each side, but with delicate |
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pressure flaking around all edges on side A, and to
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only the top edge on side B. It has a salvaged lateral |
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fracture from ancient usage to one cutting end,
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which didn't put it out of commission |
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| DHPA10 |
A fairly small (for type)
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Recovered in the
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165.00 |
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attractive blue-gray chert Paleo |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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Crescent, expertly and thoroughly
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flaked on both faces and having no
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damage at all. (A rarity for Crescents) |
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| DHPA11 |
A fairly nice mottled gray chert
Paleo |
Recovered in the
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155.00 |
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Butterfly Crescent having
a slight shear to one |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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tip and an anciently salvaged opposing tip
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which was rounded off in the salvage process. |
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It was made on a fairly thick flake, and retains |
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50% of the original flake's cortex on side B
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and 5% on side A (bottom of photo 2).
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Flaking patterns are thorough on side A, but
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only the edges were flaked on side B
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| DHPA12 |
A fairly long, slender, heavily river |
Recovered in the
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175.00 |
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polished black chert Paleo
Crescent |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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which shows thorough flaking patterns |
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and an ancient nick to one tip, which
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has been smoothed over with the river |
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polishing process (photos 6 & 7) |
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| DHPA16 |
A fairly thick medium gray chert
"hump |
Recovered in the
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200.00 |
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back" style Paleo 1/4 moon
Crescent. It's |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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well flaked on both faces with only a spider |
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bite to one tip. It's a little thicker than most
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Crescents but is still an attractive item
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| DHPA17 |
An undersized small brown jasper
Paleo Crescent |
Recovered in the
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125.00 |
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which is lacking pressure
flaking on the surfaces, |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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having mostly pressure flaking around the edges. It |
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appears to have been anciently salvaged (anciently |
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re-chipped around the edges) after having
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sustained a serious surface shear to the face of
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side A, starting from one tip and ending with a
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ledge right in the middle of side A (indicated by
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the white chalky line just below center in photo 2) |
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| DHPA18 |
A fairly small, very
attractive yellow with |
Recovered in the
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155.00 |
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splotches of white chert almost uni-faced Paleo |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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Butterfly Crescent. I like this one, it was made
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on a curved flake and retains most of the flake's |
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original surface on side B, having pressure
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flaking only around the periphery of this side.
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Side A is more thoroughly flaked and shows
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nice desert polish. One tip has an ancient nick,
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but with this color, it's still a beautiful piece
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| DHPA19 |
A fairly nice bluish-gray chalcedony |
Recovered in the
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200.00 |
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Paleo Crescent which is
"all there" but |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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having an irregular shape cause by
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multiple ancient salvage re-workings;
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It was obviously used A LOT
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| DHPA20 |
A very pleasant mottled gray |
Recovered in the
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200.00 |
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chert
Paleo Butterfly Crescent |
Alvord Desert, OR |
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which has double lateral shearing
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to one edge and an ancient nick
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from the tip of the opposing edge
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| BRPA3 |
A SUPER NICE, RARE and quite thin but
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Dawson County, |
4,000.00 |
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sturdy glossy off-white and sky-blue/light
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Nebraska
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gray chert Paleo Frederick blade having
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on the Platte River |
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perfect symmetry, good usage wear marks
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and excellent and intricate paleo flaking
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Perino
COA
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patterns. Has light basal grinding and is just a
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Rogers
COA
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Perfect and very well made piece ! (High resolution
photos are available for the asking, IF you're seriously interested in this
piece) |
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| MHPA108 |
An absolutely gorgeous
fairly thin mottled |
Found in Burnet Co., Texas,
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blue-gray Edwards Plateau
chert Midland |
it comes with a
Taylor COA |
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having superior horizontal transverse
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and something which I've
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flaking patterns and very very intricate
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never seen before, a Perino
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micro-edgework. It has an unfortunate
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certificate of origin, having
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nick to one blade edge near the tip, and
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been in Greg Perino's
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the right side of the tip also has a smaller,
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personal collection as well.
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less noticeable nick. It comes with an
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detailed history of ownership. This was the |
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very best Midland from Michael Hough's
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Ex: Perino
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personal collection.
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHPA103 |
A very nice tan and white
Edward's Plateau |
Found S.E. of Seminole
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700.00 |
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chert Folsom dart point,
fluted on both |
in Gaines Co., TX |
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faces, although the flute on face B is slightly |
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off-center. The edgework isn't as fine as
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Folsom edgework normally is and it's
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missing one tang and appears to have a
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shaved section running along the right edge
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from just above the existing tang to about
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the centerline of the blade, most likely
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caused from a reactionary impact fracture.
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It's still a beauty though and a pretty rare
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point type, published in Prehistoric
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American Vol. XLI - No. 4, page 44 |
Ex: Sam Weir
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Also published in Lar
Hothem's Paleo-Indian
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Ex: M. Hough
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Artifacts, pg. 99 |
Perino COA |
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| MHPA104 |
A paper-thin and beautiful
light brown flint |
Found in Gaines Co.,
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650.00 |
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Folsom dart point fully
fluted on side A, but |
New Mexico |
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only showing slight remnants of an older flute |
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(prior to resharpenings) on side B. The fine |
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edgework is confined to side A only, where it
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has crossed over and eliminated the flute's
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original ridge line. Side B shows remnants of
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an older impact fracture, which was pressure
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flaked back into action, before receiving
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another ding to the tip, showing that this point
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survived at least 3 lifetimes and probably
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more. A very attractive and scarce type which |
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literally "tells a story"; published in Prehistoric |
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American Vol. XLI - No. 4, page 44
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Also published in Lar Hothem's
Paleo-Indian
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Ex: M. Hough
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Artifacts, pg. 99 |
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| MHPA107 |
A very interesting,
"pointy" brown and red |
Found near
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700.00 |
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jasper Folsom. It has a
full flute on side A |
Deming in Luna Co., |
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and slight remnants of an older flute on
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New Mexico |
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side B which is less defined due to ancient |
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resharpenings. The pressure flaking on the |
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edgework is only intermediate knapper
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level. Still a pretty scarce point
published
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in Prehistoric American Vol. XLI - No. 4, |
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Indian Artifacts, pg. 99
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