Paleo blade

[Darby]

Posted some pics of my collection awhile back but recently had this piece returned to me from SCIAA (South Carolina Institute of Archeology and Anthropology). Found it about five years ago and is one of my favorite finds.























Thanks for looking!

 

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[1320]

Wow...that's a sweet piece! If yours is strongly associated with paleo sites I may need to have some of my similar pieces evaluated...

 

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[bci101tractors]

That is an awesome blade, congrats, and thanks for sharing it,
Love you dog... very cool.

 

[flinthunter]

That is a nice knife but I don't see anything that screams Paleo. I have many similar blade knives that may have been made anywhere from Paleo up to Historic times. Can you please educate me as to why this one is Paleo? Thanks

 

[Darby]

That is an awesome blade, congrats, and thanks for sharing it,
Love you dog... very cool.

Thanks bci101tractors. She is my hunting partner...if Im not dressed for work she knows she gets to ride along!

 

[Darby]

That is a nice knife but I don't see anything that screams Paleo. I have many similar blade knives that may have been made anywhere from Paleo up to Historic times. Can you please educate me as to why this one is Paleo? Thanks

Thanks for looking flinthunter. Im good a finding them but leave the id'ing and dating to the pros. Im blessed to have Al Goodyear (SCIAA) id and record all my finds and very much trust his expertise. Ill post why he determined this piece to be Paleo when Im back at my computer. Thanks again for looking.

 

[fishstick]

Just a question. How many of you have books that show those not to be paleo? All the books I have associate them to paleo. I'm sure a few were made in other time frames but I would think not many. Flint in paleo times was much more cherished than other time frames I believe.

 

[Darby]

Wow...that's a sweet piece! If yours is strongly associated with paleo sites I may need to have some of my similar pieces evaluated...

Thankd 1320. I think its a sweet piece too! Again, one of my favorites.

 

[rock]

I find blades but most are Dalton to Early Archaic periods.

 

[SCrocks]

That's a great find indeed. Yes Dr. Goodyear would be one of the best to ID any S.C. artifact. I have talked with him and he has looked at some of my collection. He has educated my on things and I trust his evaluation highly. But like flinthunter brought up I think it would be difficult to determine it is paleo unless found in some type of context. I've seen them found and have found some that are at least very similar on camp sites that had no paleo. Not trying to be negative in any way just trying to learn.

 

[Darby]

That's a great find indeed. Yes Dr. Goodyear would be one of the best to ID any S.C. artifact. I have talked with him and he has looked at some of my collection. He has educated my on things and I trust his evaluation highly. But like flinthunter brought up I think it would be difficult to determine it is paleo unless found in some type of context. I've seen them found and have found some that are at least very similar on camp sites that had no paleo. Not trying to be negative in any way just trying to learn.

Thanks SCrocks. Yes Dr Goodyear and Tommy Charles (before he retired) have educated me as well. We are blessed to have them in SC. We have found several paleo finds in the same general vacinity. Some obvious like clovis points and bases but some I wouldnt have recognized as paleo such as a small scraper I found. I also trust their opinions and rely on their expertise. I just like finding them!

 

[Darby]

I find blades but most are Dalton to Early Archaic periods.

Thanks Rock. I saw some of yours on another post. Great finds!

 

[SCrocks]

Thanks SCrocks. Yes Dr Goodyear and Tommy Charles (before he retired) have educated me as well. We are blessed to have them in SC. We have found several paleo finds in the same general vacinity. Some obvious like clovis points and bases but some I wouldnt have recognized as paleo such as a small scraper I found. I also trust their opinions and rely on their expertise. I just like finding them!

Thanks Dardy- Yes finding them is what I like best too. I do my looking at and learning about when I can't get out to hunt'em. Thanks for posting . Love seeing other stuff from around the area so keep on posting them.