Odd flaking

[Older The Better]

I may be diving too deep for information on this one but it just struck me as odd with the two different types and direction of flaking on the same piece, maybe there’s something to tease out on this, maybe it’s just a broke chunk. The side with the random flakes seems like your average woodland, but the other side seems like it could be a much older style. Anybody have any insight? Or am I trying too hard on this one?

 

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[uniface]

Notice that the little step fractures are on an edge opposite the side at a 90-degree angle to it. This identifies it as a specific tool form -- a piece esquille (splitting wedge, hammered by something soft enough [like wood] to drive it without fracturing it).

Your question concerning flake directions involves some complex considerations, but basically, it was once a larger biface that could have been a platter core (and fitting comfortably into the paleo reduction sequence, although there would have to be other artifacts nearby confirming this to make that temporal assignment more than speculative).

FWIW

 

[Older The Better]

Thanks for the food for thought, it was found within inches of the Harrell, a broken jug hill (Madison) and another tip. But also within a few feet or less from that little Clovis looking point I posted a while back