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Anyone have general info on this find
- Thread starter ojm bc
- Start date
gordygroover
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Most stone tools were multi-purpose for obvious reasons.
Yours looks to be a good tool to be used as a scraper/knifeblade combo.
Not a good point to be used as a spear or arrow head.
Yours looks to be a good tool to be used as a scraper/knifeblade combo.
Not a good point to be used as a spear or arrow head.
Anything over 2 1/2 inches is not considered an arrowhead. Could be a spearhead, or possibly a pre-form or cache blade. Does not look like a drill or awl.
awls were often bone while drills were stone. Drills can be long or short.
They usually have a wider base for grip and were often made from broken spear or arrowheads. The remains of the base are usually a good clue to type and age.
There are many examples of points that have no notch in the hafting area.
It is very similar to a point called a "cascade" found in the northwest area, wash, oregon, etc.
What state did you find it in? That will help greatly to identify the piece. It also looks like a "steamboat lanceolate" from california.
Steamboats go back about 8,000 years, cascades about 5,000 to 8,000 years. a good reference book is "overstreet guide to indian arrowheads" by Robert M. Overstreet
awls were often bone while drills were stone. Drills can be long or short.
They usually have a wider base for grip and were often made from broken spear or arrowheads. The remains of the base are usually a good clue to type and age.
There are many examples of points that have no notch in the hafting area.
It is very similar to a point called a "cascade" found in the northwest area, wash, oregon, etc.
What state did you find it in? That will help greatly to identify the piece. It also looks like a "steamboat lanceolate" from california.
Steamboats go back about 8,000 years, cascades about 5,000 to 8,000 years. a good reference book is "overstreet guide to indian arrowheads" by Robert M. Overstreet