Anyone ever see one of these before.

[digordie]

Is it just a uniface flake scraper or something different?

 

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[GatorBoy]

It looks like an end scraper that could double for a small adze..that's a nice one.. did you find it?
mabey other artifacts nearby could give you some more info.
Could you take a couple photos of the rounded end? Is there any damage across the front?
It looks like it would haft much better as an adze.

 

[monsterrack]

That is a very nice scraperGreat find

 

[digordie]

I was just at a friends house in washington state who had a small selection of points that she doesnt remember where they came from, she is getting up there . This artifact was among them. The way it arched with the linial grooves similar to a clovis was intriguing to me. I dont understand how in earth it was made.

 

[GatorBoy]

The arch was just a natural shape of the flake the way it came off the mother stone

 

[digordie]

Ya thats what I was thinking too yet its so perfect. It is like the perfect accidental flake.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Nice flake knife with end scraper. See a discussion of blades/flakes/knives here:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/n...acts/397183-lets-see-some-flake-blades-2.html

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[quito]

Beautiful Example!

I just love those large uni-face scrapers.

 

[rock]

One of my favorite tool types.

 

[NC field hunter]

Here is one I found a year or so back.

 

[digordie]

That's a nice one. Does it have an arch to it as well.

 

[quito]

Here are a few of the large ones that I have with a nice curve to them.



all of these have a nice curve to them

 

[digordie]

Thanks for sharing Quito. Those are nice.

 

[GTK96]

that looks like it was struck off a core similar to this...and has the thin ends worked or hacked off

 

[GTK96]

that looks like it was struck off a core similar to this...and has the thin ends worked or hacked off

woopsie didn't see someone beat me to it

 

[digordie]

Thanks gtk96 for the pic.Now I understand how it was made.