Small red flake

[Blackfoot58]

I walked the east edge of one of my timbers today. I found several flint nodules (small) and this red flake. I’m guessing it was heat treated. I marked the spot and plan to do a dig in that area this fall; just in case. All of my other heat treated flakes are much paler in color.

 

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[newnan man]

That does look heat treated.

 

[Older The Better]

Yep

 

[dognose]

concur - heat treated flint flake

 

[Mojavehunter]

Something to look forward to, hope you find more.

 

[Older The Better]

Here’s some I found today, about a state apart but seems awfully similar.

 

[ToddsPoint]

There is a lot of overlap when trying to visually identify flint. When I saw Blackfoot’s flake it reminded me of this one. This is heated Jasper from Bucks Co PA. I’m always skeptical when people say they found a point made of flint that originated hundreds of miles away. Sometimes true, sometimes not.

 

[newnan man]

I've heard of obsidian points found in Ohio, & saw some in the museum in Columbus. The Hopewell & Adena cultures had a vast trade route. That being said they were extremely rare and usually recovered in excavated mounds.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I've heard of obsidian points found in Ohio, & saw some in the museum in Columbus. The Hopewell & Adena cultures had a vast trade route. That being said they were extremely rare and usually recovered in excavated mounds.

I think most of the long range flint movement happened during paleo times. Those people were always on the move. Especially in the vast western US. A North Dakota knife river flint Clovis found in NY is a good example. The Hopewells obtained exotic goods from far away but it was not for everyday use. The higher the quality of the material, the farther it traveled. After the Hopewell collapse I think most groups used more local sources and did a lot of heat treating to increase the quality of poor flint.

 

[CreekSide]

I liked flakes too when I 1st started collecting. This is what I did until I started finding points and scrapers. Makes for some nice decoration

 

[Rockdog]

I agree about trading. The Western cultures did a lot of trading materials. It was not unusual to find materials from one state two states away. Obsidian was traded very regularly cuz it was such a high quality flaking material.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I liked flakes too when I 1st started collecting. This is what I did until I started finding points and scrapers. Makes for some nice decoration

I followed your lead and filled this one this morning. I have enough left to fill at least 3 more. These are all since about last August. I also have about 1/2 gallon of larger flint rocks. All from within about a 150 yd radius.

 

[CreekSide]

View attachment 2158142I followed your lead and filled this one this morning. I have enough left to fill at least 3 more. These are all since about last August. I also have about 1/2 gallon of larger flint rocks. All from within about a 150 yd radius.

Looks great and if you add the brokes to it then maybe you will find the other half.. I’ve matched a few. The antique bottles gives it a flare also. I didn’t know you had any.