ne ohio hopewell artifacts

[jeff a]

here are some flint ridge hopewell artifacts from ne ohio, post some pics of your hopewell if you have them

 

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[uniface]

Sixty-four dollar question now : Are the edges of any of the three lamellar blades retouched (re-sharpened for cutting or for scraping) ?

 

[jeff a]

one is retouched and polished on the bottom edges the others are still razor sharp from being struck off the core,these came off a documented mound that was excavated in 1927 in portage county ohio site #33po1 ,i was lucky enough to salvage some of the material when the local historical society museaum was auctioning off alot of the artifacts [they are more interested in glass and cast iron from my area]

 

[pointdlr]

I need to participate more on this board. Here is one of my favorite hopewells. I didn't find it. Came from Clark County, Ohio(Southwest), and last sold at the Max Shipley auction in 1988. It is made on a curved flake that produces a unifacial area on the back and a great twist/curve. I thinks its just about dead 4" of great Flint Ridge material.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson

 

[pointdlr]

Jeff,

Purchased a family collection found North of Indianapolis several years ago. This monster hopewell was in the collection. It is a little shy of 6". Stubborn little bit of black ink on the back. It is the 2nd best piece of flint I own. Pretty cool that the Flint Ridge travelled over to Indy. As you can easily see in the pics, it is old and correct.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson

 

[jeff a]

weird how the bigger hopewell blades are far from the main hopewell centers of southern ohio,i've seen a few big blades like that from my area but you dont see them from down south that much

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Here's a few.

 

[paleojoe]

here is one that I showed before.

 

[Th3rty7]

Nice Hopewell culture stuff guys, some killers in there. There is probably a couple points in here that aren't Hopewell, the bladelets are all fridge from Ohio.

 

[Neanderthal]

I need to participate more on this board. Here is one of my favorite hopewells. I didn't find it. Came from Clark County, Ohio(Southwest), and last sold at the Max Shipley auction in 1988. It is made on a curved flake that produces a unifacial area on the back and a great twist/curve. I thinks its just about dead 4" of great Flint Ridge material.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson

Hiya Jon, love that piece. One of my favorite personal found Hopewells was also made on a large spall that wasn't flaked to the center. In fact, have found several like that, from just a few locations though.

Hey, question. On the Hopewell sites up there, do you find any "Hopewell Picks"? They are usually pretty large, 5-10" in length. One end of them is crude, often with the cortex left on. Then they are flaked to a tip on the other end and remind you of a cross between a drill and a Kerrville knife. They are common on Hopewell sites here to the southeast and I was curious as to if they occur with any frequency up there as well?

 

[ohio]

Here are a couple of my better ones. I have shown this pic before but, i am at work and it is all I have right now. Obviously the dove and heavy duty are not included.
Chuck

 

[pointdlr]

Matt,

The drill/kerrville combo doesn't ring any bells. Can you show me a picture of one?

Jeff- The fact that the larger Hopewell blades seem to be found outside of the heart of Hopewell country is a known quirk. In fact, your part of the state has more larger blades than anywhere. When I find Hopewell pieces(Southern Ohio), they are almost always the small form, and I can only think of one larger broken one I have found in the 20 years of surface hunting I have under my belt.

Regards,
Jon Dickinson.

 

[Miami-valley-artifacts]

These are both from southern Ohio, didn't find them but they are really nice material. The first is from Hamilton Co. OH, the next one if I remember correctly is from west Of Dayton Ohio. sorry the pics are not the greatest. Scott

 

[allen]

those are some awesome artifacts !

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Here's a picture of a tray of Woodland/Hopewell artifacts all collected from the same site. I found this site a few years back and it produces Woodland culture artifacts only. I haven't found any Archaic pieces there as of yet. I also have a box full of of grit tempered Pottery Shards from this site. Some of the pieces in this tray are pictured in my post above.