Whats your most unique artifact?

[badandy]

What's your most unique artifact?

Here is mine, it's n exausted flake knife from St. Clair Co., IL. Made from burlington that has been creekstained orange. A little over 4 inches long, and uni-faced. I would lean towards paleo if I had to pick a time period, JMO! Let's see some of you unique artifacts when you all get time. Happy Hunting!


badandy

 

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[badandy]

Re: What's your most unique artifact?

And my best Agate Basin. Not a grade -10 but the flaking, and material make it a favorite of mine. Made from Oolithic Chert.

badandy

 

[pynchinflint]

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Now that is a very unique artifact. Very cool and thanks for sharing.

 

[pickaway]

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Killer artifacts.
Heres a effigy pipe from Ohio.material pipestone.

 

[jeff a]

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mine would be this green obsidian point from central america,aztec culture,looks like some of the ceremonial hopewell blades from ohio

 

[Hawbuck]

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[Dc1013]

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Badandy that kinda resembles a drill to me just a thought

Here is mine, it's n exausted flake knife from St. Clair Co., IL. Made from burlington that has been creekstained orange. A little over 4 inches long, and uni-faced. I would lean towards paleo if I had to pick a time period, JMO! Let's see some of you unique artifacts when you all get time. Happy Hunting!


badandy

 

[badandy]

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Real nice stuff everyone, and thanks for sharing! This post is already turning into what I was hoping for.

badandy

 

[*Molly*]

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The flaking on that Agate Basin is awesome.
Thanks for a great Thread.

Molly.

 

[GL]

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This guy is my coolest personal find. ID'ed as a St. Albans by Molly. I almost stepped on it. The site is now someones backyard, sodded over with a swingset and garden. The last time I went there to ask permission to grub for points no one was home and there was an empty citronella bucket on the porch full of points and Indian stuff.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Re: What's your most unique artifact?

Here are some pieces that I consider my most unique finds.

The first one is a double drilled Wolf Molar found at the Goldcamp Site in Lawrence county Ohio. First one I ever saw that was double drilled.

The second is an Eccentric that I found on Dow Chemical property also in Lawrence county Ohio. I have always though this was a Lizard Effigy.

Next are the two Fish Hooks I found this fall about a month apart from the same site in Scioto county Ohio.

Last would be one of my all time favorite finds, this killer Thebes Hafted Scraper from Scioto county Ohio. This piece is as close to a G10 as you can get. It is almost pristine and is just a fantastic piece.

 

[Neanderthal]

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My wife.

 

[PALEOMAN]

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that is 1 killer artifact! i agree it`s paleo.

 

[Neanderthal]

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exausted flake knife from St. Clair Co., IL.

badandy

I got one of those from Massac Co. Il

Unless found in direct context with paleo items, I don't think I could make that call myself. Hopewell uniface blades are commonly mistaken for much earlier ones because they are often oblique or parallel flaked, and look just like the one you are showing. There are some Mississippian cultures that done the same thing - their flaking far surpasses most others. It brings to mind a local site here called "Jug Hill". Jug Hill is a pretty famous late Mississippian / Historic site here locally (you can find the site report from OAS). I personally collected several uniface knives and scrapers there that would blow your mind. Everyone I have shown them to, the first words out of their mouths is "paleo!". No, not paleo.

I'm not saying yours isn't paleo, it could be. However, there are many other people that practiced the same technology that it could just as easily be related to. Just food for thought.

 

[Neanderthal]

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It's a wonderful piece, regardless of age or culture. I typically don't keep many tools (scrapers, flake knives, etc). That's one that would've made the grade though, very nice find.

 

[Sidevalve45]

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Found this broken gorget a couple years ago in west central Wisconsin.

Sidevalve

 

[mistergee]

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cool stuff

 

[blindpig]

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Mine would be "The Whale Rock "





Many fine peaple here on this forum put there 2-cent's in on this one.., the general consensus,... it is a unique intentionally made goldfish-cracker effigy claw-hammer,... but possably just totemic in nature ??

If you would like to read some more on it ,.. poss. add your 2-cent's it was last posted 7-2-08


I really would like to know what it is , thank's
Blindpig

 

[wheelerite]

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i dont have a picture but it is the head of a club called a slave killer. Found it on the oregon coast in tide water. It is shaped like an ax head only bulbus on the back side. weighs about five or six pounds. Actually had an archiolist tell my dad that the chinook indians used it to kill their slaves with. Dont know for a fact if that is what it was but that is what I was told. I'll try to get some pictures if I can get it back from my dad. I found it back in the early 70's.
k. smith

 

[blindpig]

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Thanks Wheelerite , Yes the double bits do lend itself to be related to the Monolithic Effigy Slave-Killer Axes of the Pacific North - West . I havn’t found any examples of other hafted axes of this type ? I assume , if someone was going a slaving , this would be a fine little “tool” to take along . The true story , how this “axe “ got to Southern California , and the intention’s for it’s use, after it got here ? Well , the context in which this story was laid down in , has long been washed away ,by a small creek here in Southern California .

Sincerely ; Blindpig