Paleo Spurred Endscraper on Blade

[uniface]

I appologise for the pictures, friends. Just starting to learn photos & posting with huge help from TnMountains

OK. This is a complete Clovis spurred endscraper on lamellar blade. Humphries County, Tenn. Found by Bill Tatu ; gotten via Dick Savage. You don't often see these with lateral thinning for hafting. This one is, with grinding.

 

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[uniface]

This is the other picture that was supposed to accompany it, Material looks like hornstone, but heavily patinated.

 

[larson1951]

what does grinding mean?

 

[uniface]

Sorry. My bad. Heavy edge smoothing.

 

[JUNKYARD DOG]

Now thats a nice endscraper, pardon my lack of knowledge what do you mean by spurred? TY for sharing.. JYD...

 

[uniface]

A spur is a sharp graver point (top right). Paleo scrapers in general have a lot of these -- generally where the working edge meets one or both sides.

Compare that with these late paleo/early archaic endscrapers. Corners rounded.

(Bottom one could go either way)

 

[uniface]

A few more Paleos for comparison, all but one of which show this

 

[JUNKYARD DOG]

thanks for explaining with pictures, very interesting, you sure like your endscrapers. were these always hafted? if so, on to what? bone, horn, antler. similar to knives. Thanks for all the info. I am trying to learn what I am looking for. I wish I would of started much earlier in life, but its never to late. Thanks again Uniface.. JYD...

 

[uniface]

you sure like your endscrapers.

I have nine whole points -- early archaics from in and around Penna. After that, it's all tools like these. About 95 % of them unifaces. Whatever trips your trigger, I guess.

were these always hafted?

The endscrapers tended to be. The sidescrapers (stay tuned) and other tool types generally weren't.

 

[archer66]

Watch out everyone uniface learned how to post pics!!!!!

Just kidding you always have great things to share...especially like the links.

 

[Tnmountains]

I hope I helped. That is what is great about this site as we get to learn so much from each other. I too have been re discoverying my artifacts with everyones help.
Those are some good examples if the first one was any flatter it would have been a plane?
Thanks for sharing your pictures.
TnMtns

 

[uniface]

Once again -- You taught me everything I know about doing this !

Many Thanks Again !

Being a lamellar blade, the bottom's flat, of course. (I.e., it's a uniface).

About all you can do is study how stuff was made and where the wear & re-sharpening is. From there it's supposition.

There were tools made specifically as planes, and some blade cores ("horse hoof cores") were used as planes also.

 

[Tnmountains]

Cool. One question. Did you use the example to your desk top and re-size? Just curious.

We appreciate your thoughts and knowledge on the tools. I am going to post a bunch one night for you guys to help me out.

 

[uniface]

Yep. Did it the way you told me.

 

[creek astronaut]

right on uni!was wondering how long before you figured the pics out.Its alright i didnt touch a computer until last year and posting pics was beyond me,now i cant stop taking pics of stuff and downloading on to the computer.great examples of some paleo endscrapers

 

[uniface]

Since it's up anyhow : bottom left is made of Sonora, found in South Central Ohio. Top left is of Logan Chert, found along the Auglaze river around the Ohio/Michigan border.

Top right is glacial cobble Onondaga, from south central Pennsylvania.

Anybody recognise what the bottom right one is made of ? Looks similar to Coshocton, but isn't. No idea where it's from.

Ideas welcomed with open arms