Green Quartzite and Tan Quartzite Triangle points. Any ideas??

[Edgychris1]

Hi folks,

Found these two quartzite points a while back. Both same area. The greenish one has a shoulder a bit longer than the other while the tan one is obvious.
The green one may not be quartzite but definitely not green argillite.
Any ideas

Thanks

 

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[smokeythecat]

The second one seems to be rhyolite.

 

[Edgychris1]

The second one seems to be rhyolite.

Thank you sir. Still learning some of the fundementals

 

[Edgychris1]

I know about the red rhoylite, but didnt know that. Thx

 

[smokeythecat]

They also both appear to be woodland triangles. You can google projectile point types for a lot of detailed info.

 

[Edgychris1]

I do have the local typology book. Some points are so closely alike that I feel I need your guys' input to put the final stamp on it. Maybe the rhoylite one is snappit and the quartzite brewerton. Woodland age, got that.

Thanks again

 

[Relicgrubber]

I have a couple of Greenbrier Daltons that could be blood kin to the first one.

 

[MAMucker]

I don’t see many quartzite triangles. Like to see some clear pictures on those.

 

[Charl]

The first one is definitely a Late Archaic Brewerton Eared Notched. Photos too blurry for me to tell the lithic on the triangle. There are a couple of greenish quartzite lithics that are commonly seen in area collections, but I don’t believe the triangle is quartzite. It might type as a Snappit point, Middle-Late Archaic....

 

[Edgychris1]

The first one is definitely a Late Archaic Brewerton Eared Notched. Photos too blurry for me to tell the lithic on the triangle. There are a couple of greenish quartzite lithics that are commonly seen in area collections, but I don’t believe the triangle is quartzite. It might type as a Snappit point, Middle-Late Archaic....

Here are some closeups requested. Best I could do. Thanks gentlemen!

 

[smokeythecat]

I probably have a couple quartz triangles here - somewhere. It's really hard to tell point types by photos, at least for me.

 

[MAMucker]

The Snappit: check for ground edges on the Basal sides and base. It can be slight. But it’s the only indication that it’s not a Squibnocket Triangle. In either case, quartz would be the most common material.
Nice finds-both!

 

[Charl]

Here are some closeups requested. Best I could do. Thanks gentlemen!

There is an overlap between Brewerton Eared Triangles and Vosburg points, and your first eared point illustrates that. It actually fits both types. I agree with Mucker regarding the triangle. Basal grinding points to Snappit. It looks like it might have been a bit erose in the blade, another Snappit trait.

 

[antmike915]

Excellent finds, whatever types they are

 

[Edgychris1]

Thanks Charl and MAMucker and others. I uploaded another couple triangles in another thread. One smaller quartzite with Basel thinning and another one a bit different. If you have time I could use some input on these as well.

I am on the hunt for one like the recent Mamucker find!

The darker one has a longer ear and was found near two transitional paleo points I found. These are from Se Ne