Not your average scraper!

[IlliniGuy]

I found this uniface scraper about five years back. I was walking along a feeder creek to a Late Woodland spot that I had hunted many times. This thing caught my eye in an area where I had never seen anything, not even a flake. As I kneeled down to look at it a little closer, I saw the point about two feet away. I wish I had a camera that day because the two would have made an awesome in situ.

 

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[jamey]

best one ive seen i think,big enough to be a knife and that point has a very old look too it what do you call it.thanks for the peek id love to have found those

 

[IlliniGuy]

Thanks Jamie. It is probably a knife/scraper. As far as the point, I am not sure. It was posted on another forum and one of the foremost experts on Paleo artifacts (Tony Baker...RIP) called it a rebased point. So it could have been....well who knows?

 

[tncreeker]

Killer knife/scraper!! Is there a reason for the chunk taken out near the base or is it just chipped? I was just wondering,,still sooo much to learn!
Thanx

 

[IlliniGuy]

Killer knife/scraper!! Is there a reason for the chunk taken out near the base or is it just chipped? I was just wondering,,still sooo much to learn!
Thanx

Good question. I think this was done intentionally to aid holding. The sharp edges have been ground/smoothed.

 

[old digger]

Looks like a knife to me, Cool find! In fact I bet that it was hafted to a handle. Notice the concave notch near the base, and the fluted flake where the handle would have been.

 

[old digger]

Isn't the point in the last photo an un-fluted Folsom lancelet? It does have the characteristic basal ears, and a straight base.

 

[IlliniGuy]

Isn't the point in the last photo an un-fluted Folsom lancelet? It does have the characteristic basal ears, and a straight base.

Old Digger, I am not sure what this point is to be honest, I have had many opinions. Here is the other side. One thing I do find interesting is the damage. It is highly patinated so it is old. There is an impact fracture on the tip indicating use as a projectile and blade damage consistent with knife use.
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[old digger]

After seeing your last photo, I don't think it is a Folsom. Your first photo had some shadows, and thought I was seeing ears at the base sides. Your last photo shows a possible un-fluted Clovis?

 

[Tnmountains]

Two fantastic pieces. The unifaced piece is a post by it self and then you throw in that paleo. I would be proud also. Finds like that do not happen many times in ones life. Have you ever considered the first one to be a broke paleo found and reworked with secondary flaking in woodland times? I am just looking at the two styles of flaking on it.

 

[Charl]

What a super day that was. Awesome twosome!!

 

[pickaway]

Nice uniface piece.

 

[fishstick]

It's nice to find pieces where you have never found them before, energizes you about the place. Wish I could help on the point, prob trans paleo. The uniface more than likely is a scraper. The fluted area was for the palm, it's harder to haft a uni with a curve to it. Looks good in a case either way bud. CONGRATS.. HH

 

[NC field hunter]

That is a unique scraper. I love the lithic and the small amount of flaking on the tip of the otherwise uniface side of it. Question Does that small amount of work done to the blank side keep this from being truly uniface?

 

[IlliniGuy]

That is a unique scraper. I love the lithic and the small amount of flaking on the tip of the otherwise uniface side of it. Question Does that small amount of work done to the blank side keep this from being truly uniface?

Technically you are probably right but it was made as a uniface tool. It is one of my favorite artifacts so thanks for all the comments.