N. FL Unifacial Tools

[tomclark]

N. FL Unifacial Tools - SHOW YOUR UNI's!!!!

I don't even remember what the site was like to dig. Oh yeah, it was deep.
I haven't found the points yet. I bet at least a little of my low back pian is due to diggin for these very tools.
Came across a box today that said, "Lake Bird Tools" LOL
Lake Bird, Taylor Co., FL

Chipped Adze

They sure were using a lot of unifacial "Banana" scrapers, wonder what the most use was for...?
Most tools like this I have found in rivers. These were all dug. I know they are found in different time periods but
these were most likely in the Bolen range.

A Banana Scraper

Another Banana Scraper

Another Banana Scraper

A Square unifacial with gravers (multitool I assume) - kinda Bolen/Aucilla Adzish!

 

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[rock]

I think a lot collect around here where I live at but just dont tell anyone. This is a Civil War area and most act like they dont care about the NA artifacts. Probably afraid they will get the nick name I was given cause of it............rock lol

 

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[Harry Pristis]

hey Tom, these are from "the grove" hahaha 115 acres with a 5 acre sinkhole...we pulled THOUSANDS out of here...I found these back in 94-97 I believe when I was imitating a backhoe, we lost permission here when it was sold to a developer dude digging is some looter I found at a site...poser

Thank you, 'centfladigger,' for the feedback about my images; I appreciate that.

You have some very impressive artifacts. The points are good ones. I particularly like the uniface tool you posted. I like seeing the wear, the hinge fractures on the working end.

I have to wonder how these useful tools (and I'm thinking of Tom Clark's Aucilla adze as well) got left behind or lost before they were worn out. It suggests a whole different attitude about tools than we might have about leaving behind a spade or trowel or bottle probe at a dig. Any thoughts on this?

 

[NC field hunter]

Thank you, 'centfladigger,' for the feedback about my images; I appreciate that.

You have some very impressive artifacts. The points are good ones. I particularly like the uniface tool you posted. I like seeing the wear, the hinge fractures on the working end.

I have to wonder how these useful tools (and I'm thinking of Tom Clark's Aucilla adze as well) got left behind or lost before they were worn out. It suggests a whole different attitude about tools than we might have about leaving behind a spade or trowel or bottle probe at a dig. Any thoughts on this?

Harry, I found a nice raised ridge grooved axe once. I wandered the same thing. How did this get left behind? It was not damaged nor in on old village site. In fact, pretty nice distance from a village site. I wander if the owner of the tool could have fell dead at that spot.

 

[centfladigger]

Thank you, 'centfladigger,' for the feedback about my images; I appreciate that.

You have some very impressive artifacts. The points are good ones. I particularly like the uniface tool you posted. I like seeing the wear, the hinge fractures on the working end.

I have to wonder how these useful tools (and I'm thinking of Tom Clark's Aucilla adze as well) got left behind or lost before they were worn out. It suggests a whole different attitude about tools than we might have about leaving behind a spade or trowel or bottle probe at a dig. Any thoughts on this?

on river sites it is hard to tell, maybe with so much work being done they got covered up and left behind, but the sites where I found these and hundreds more.I think there was so much occupation you cant help but leave things behind or they get covered in dirt. I and others have found multiple caches of tools, especially hammer stones, I have found them in 2`s and 3`s alot here. There is also the quarry site about 300 yards from here, Hillsborough basin chert. this site bordered with roads an old train track was 115 acres. There was TONS of debitage here, it is what kep you going

 

[Paleopilot]

Interesting tools, Tom. North Florida is where you expect to find a good number of uniface tools. Here are some of mine:

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Those are oustanding Harry! Here's a couple I found last summer.