Few N. Bay Area CA obsidian pieces.

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A mix including two one off‘s I thought I’d share. The most recent find being the chocolate colored obsidian point with the big base. It’s like an enlarged rattlesnake cluster point but too big to be an arrow point. First big base like that I’ve ever found at one particular site. The jet black one with one barb, yes the other side is worked straight on down, is also a unique among many from that site as well and also a recent find. The rustic excelsior with cortex at the bottom is one of the first larger complete pieces I found when I was a kid.

 

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Are the majority of California artifacts obsidian and crystal? I love the obsidian but I’ve never found so much as a flake around here. Do you get more excited when you find a flint piece?

 

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Are the majority of California artifacts obsidian and crystal? I love the obsidian but I’ve never found so much as a flake around here. Do you get more excited when you find a flint piece?

California is a mixed bag when it comes to lithics for blades and points. The Bay Area coast with its access to a couple prominent glass mountains will have more obsidian whereas the foothills and higher can have loads of basalt and quartz. Down south maybe getting into the flints etc with other materials. The far northern areas and into Oregon will be obsidian again because of the Lassen and Shasta obsidian fields. I do like it when I find something nicely made of chert or basalt which were widely used for hand tools, not so much for projectiles. Jasper, schists and agates are other’s but not to much flint actually.

 

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