Worked glass?

[JohnDee1]

For starters this is probably the most questionable thing I have ever posted. As of last summer I have found a couple of fairly old black/green glass. The odd thing is I am fairly certain these pieces of glass are older than any of the sites I detect. I posted this piece earlier to the glass forum to try and get a date, but now I noticed one of them almost looks like it was worked? It’s probably post deposit damage, but I have never seen glass break like this. I know natives were in my area until the early 1800’s. Any thoughts on the matter would be appreciated, and thanks for humoring me and my crackpot post!

 

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[jamus peek]

Wow that piece is really nice! It makes sense they'd utilized glass as you suggested. It's also kind've sobering to think how lasting their cultures were, yet they where removed so quickly.

Along the bay I find older pieces not quite as old as your piece The Spanish arrived here in the late 1700's and Mexicans early 1800's and Gold rush settlers mid 1800's so stuffs not as old here. The bottoms like yours were very popular to use the curved bottom would allow a unique uniface approach as they would chip it right along the edge into the curve. I believe keith suggested glass bottoms that get stuck in the rocks do get hammered on that edge so unless it's obvious you can get fooled easily. I definitely have! I will post an example of one that is probably a geofact and a couple that have obvious features of being hafted scrapers. Pecking on glass leaves little partial circles and stems were often thinned out through flaking. Glass was scored and snapped which leads me to the edge on your piece in the back the only straight edge look to see if there are tiny chip marks on the edge this may be indicative of scoring and snapping.

The piece I posted is one as mentioned I just found and may not sit right with some it doesn't look as old as what people would expect and maybe rightfully so. I thought it was worthy of posting at the very least because it's a personal find found along with other artifacts and an enjoyable find.

Also I'm new to learning about flaked tools in general.

Have a good one!

 

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[MAMucker]

This one has always bothered me.
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Serious Serration’s. I can see how that edge work would bother you. It bothers me too.

Ha Ha!

(Adding humor)

 

[MAMucker]

Here’s a piece of cobalt glass that I found on the beach yesterday...





I realize that it’s not an old piece of glass, but who can resist the temptation to speculate that napping skills were still being applied as recently as a couple years ago?

I would like you all to speculate with me that this artifact has historical significance, especially due to the area it was found!!

And the material is exotic.

Oh my! And looky-here. The reverse side is fluted!



Ha Ha!

(Meant only with humor)

 

[MAMucker]

By the way. Flint napping was not exclusive to NA. The skills and techniques may have been lost by many or modified over time. But it was an essential craft utilized by all of humanity. And, flint was shipped to the colonies by the sackful.

Not saying that there are not glass artifacts to be found out there (and some posted here seem legitimate. I would definitely pick them up). But, my 15 year old son can nap glass like nobody’s business.

Heck, there are how-to videos teaching step-by-step glass bottle napping on YouTube.