Scottsbluff?? Alberta point??

[saskfinder]

I found this on a valley top in the plains of canada. 120 miles north of Minot ND. Any confirmation on type and era would be appreciated. We generaly dont find anything this old.

 

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[rock]

Burlington chert? Im not from your area so dont know.

 

[joshuaream]

Alberta would be my guess.

 

[welsbury]

Is the stone that color or patinated white?

 

[joshuaream]

Is the stone that color or patinated white?

Knife River Flint can have patina that looks almost to a blueish white. There are also some chalcedony materials in North Dakota that do the same. I assume it would be similar north of the boarder.

Joshua

 

[quito]

Yep, I would have to agree with heavily patinated krf for material. And it doesn't look like a Scottsbluff to me either.

 

[11KBP]

It certainly could be heavily patinated KRF.

The only thing I question as far as being an Alberta point is the short stem. Generally the stems of Alberta points are longer than Scottsbluff points.

 

[scruggs]

Nice artifact you found!