OntarioArch
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(warning: I hope I am using the proper terminology - if not, please correct me!)
I have looked at a bunch of Clovis online photos to see what a 'ground edge' looks like: the flaking pattern has been ground down until smooth. And obviously, I have many 'flaked edges' / non-ground edges to see in my own collection.....but what would be most helpful is to see an edge that has been "lightly ground." Can you sometimes still see a little smoothed, reduced, inconspicuous flaking where the artisan perhaps did not completely grind away the flake pattern?
Here are some pics of the piece I am questioning: And do I understand correctly that grinding is indicative of Paleo or Early Archaic time period? Exclusively?
Thanks again!
I have looked at a bunch of Clovis online photos to see what a 'ground edge' looks like: the flaking pattern has been ground down until smooth. And obviously, I have many 'flaked edges' / non-ground edges to see in my own collection.....but what would be most helpful is to see an edge that has been "lightly ground." Can you sometimes still see a little smoothed, reduced, inconspicuous flaking where the artisan perhaps did not completely grind away the flake pattern?
Here are some pics of the piece I am questioning: And do I understand correctly that grinding is indicative of Paleo or Early Archaic time period? Exclusively?
Thanks again!
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