lowd
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Found these diving today. Does anyone know how old they may be?
Arrow heads or spear heads... Age?
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damn nice I say. B 54?
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Seem to be too large for arrow points. The first photo might be a knife. Or both could be atlatl darts. An atlatl is an extension of the arm, giving much more power to the throw, for both penetration and distance. The atlatl dart is larger than an arrow and smaller than what one would really consider a spear. The dart is two piece usually. The shaft is lighter material, like bamboo, while the point is mounted onto a short piece of wood that is removable from the longer shaft.
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Those are some really nice artifacts. The notching on the arrowhead is around 2000 to 4000 years old. The other piece is made of the same material and most likely as old. I would be checking the banks and gravel bars where you found those. There should be more. Post them in the North American Indian section with better pics if you want a exact identification. You will need to post the state they were found in also.
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You have to post what state they were found in to get a proper ID and that will give you the date range.
Looks like a big flute on that first point.. Or at least some basel thinning... that "blade" could be 10000 years old.
Feel along the sides of the blade... Do they feel like they get smoother down towards the base?
The others could be early archaic but they could also be woodland that's thousands of years different.
The state will go a long way to getting an estimated date
Looks like a big flute on that first point.. Or at least some basel thinning... that "blade" could be 10000 years old.
Feel along the sides of the blade... Do they feel like they get smoother down towards the base?
The others could be early archaic but they could also be woodland that's thousands of years different.
The state will go a long way to getting an estimated date
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The Friday knife is sort of a backed blade.. One side of the base will be rounded while the other is squared off.
That's not a Friday knife.
It's a very nice thin specimen but by the flaking I do not believe it to be paleo.. I'd call that a nice archaic blade.
Here is a Friday knife from the internet and also one of mine from Texas
That's not a Friday knife.
It's a very nice thin specimen but by the flaking I do not believe it to be paleo.. I'd call that a nice archaic blade.
Here is a Friday knife from the internet and also one of mine from Texas
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This looks like one of your points... http://www.renartco.com/MK-21/COA.JPG Here is a cool site on Texas artifacts.... AustinDiggers.Com - Archived Finds of the Week Users pictures
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Neat one there.. I'll need a few minutes to figure out what type it was before it was broken.
But I can tell you it was repurposed after the break by flaking a new edge on the front and it would now be considered a hafted scraper.."hafted"... Meaning attached to a handle.
But I can tell you it was repurposed after the break by flaking a new edge on the front and it would now be considered a hafted scraper.."hafted"... Meaning attached to a handle.
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I'm thinking it's probably a Kirk.
falling right in line with the others for a time period between seven and four thousand years before present.
The material seems to be the same and the amount of patina on it.. So that makes good sense.
Looks like you found yourself a great spot
Don't be surprised if you find artifacts from different time periods there as well.
I don't know a lot about the exact area you found them.. It could be gathering material on sort of a gravel bar or you could be close to an actual site... Either way good ground is good ground and it was probably utilized for a long time and many occupations
falling right in line with the others for a time period between seven and four thousand years before present.
The material seems to be the same and the amount of patina on it.. So that makes good sense.
Looks like you found yourself a great spot
Don't be surprised if you find artifacts from different time periods there as well.
I don't know a lot about the exact area you found them.. It could be gathering material on sort of a gravel bar or you could be close to an actual site... Either way good ground is good ground and it was probably utilized for a long time and many occupations
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