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[Billco]

I have never found an arrowhead made from this material. What is it? We have rock outcroppings here that looks similar. It must have been very hard to work with

 

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[Gold Maven]

cool....some kind of concretion.

Hard to knap, like you said, but I bet when you're hungry, you can make do.

 

[Cosmo]

Interesting

 

[iowa trout]

Wow a confident hungry knapper nice find ,a sedimentary conglomerate of sorts ?

 

[jamey]

is that what they call pudding stone

 

[yakker]

is that what they call pudding stone

Thank you! Yes pudding stone. You beat me to it Yakker

 

[rock]

That's a interesting material. Nice point

 

[Mark Todd]

Interesting indeed! Looks like agate pebble conglomerate. Maple Canyon in Utah is known for it's cobblestone/pebblestone

 

[Mark Todd]

Continued: ... Formations. A flint knappers last resort you'd think,but I'd say he did pretty darn good with what he had to work with. Thanks for showing it.

 

[Billco]

The site where I found this is loaded with chert artifacts and there are actually chert pits very close to it. Maybe they just wanted a challenge?

 

[Mark Todd]

Hmmm, maybe your right. Perhaps he had that entrepreneurial spirit in him and was venturing " outside of the box" so to speak. One of the most beautiful Discoidals I've ever seen was made of a lighter colored conglomerate with red,green, and black pebbles all through it, a real work of art.

 

[unclemac]

I want to see that piece dry and with some real clear close ups....that is really something.

 

[Sidevalve45]

That is a rather odd material to choose for knapping. It sort of reminds me of a type of rock called porphyry. Sidevalve45

 

[monsterrack]

That is a fine example of what NA could do when they wanted to, the side view looks like he was good at what he was trying to do.