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Offline skyarrow

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Interesting artifact
« on: May 03, 2013, 07:03:36 pm »
Visiting a friend three hours north and he sed he found this at work




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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2013, 08:04:18 pm »
Nice find was there a point on the bottom that broke off.
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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2013, 02:49:32 am »
Looks like a resharpened Angostura point.  It could be quite old:  Early archaic 8800-7500 B.P.  Real Angostra's in that condition are worth at least $200.
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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2013, 09:06:31 am »
that's too cool
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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2013, 09:09:13 am »
Almost looks 5 sided
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Offline xin

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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2013, 09:24:51 am »
This could be a Gary point. The shoulderless sloping base of this type matches well.  If it was found in Tx, Arkansas, or Louisiana this could well be the type it is. They are an archaic point type.
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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2013, 11:55:42 am »
Might be a Gary but that would mean that the base is damaged and the shoulders have been chipped away through resharpening.  Below are some East Texas Gary points.

source ---http://www.arrowheadology.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/1754/title/gary/cat/524
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Offline Ed Brooks

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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2013, 12:11:08 pm »
It looks to me like it was a knife. The bottom wide part would have been in a handle the narrow (top) looks to be narrowed from re-sharpening IMHO.
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Offline Tower

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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2013, 12:56:42 pm »
I'm  with Patrick on this one. Looks like a classic Angostura that has been resharpened.
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Offline Bill Skinner

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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2013, 07:32:05 pm »
Harahay knife.  There are four beveled edges.
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2013, 10:37:35 pm »
Forgive my novice question, but is it possible that this one was never finished? The top portion looks as though it is closer to final stages with the smaller /closer  flaking while the bigger section was still in the preform stage.?.? If you were to resharpen , would you not do the whole thing. I guess that would be impossible if it was hafted though ,wouldn't it. Never mind, I think I've answered my own questions. :D
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Re: Interesting artifact
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2013, 08:57:30 am »
Very nice find. :)
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