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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Marc St Louis on July 13, 2010, 07:52:29 pm

Title: Kichisipi Chert
Post by: Marc St Louis on July 13, 2010, 07:52:29 pm

Anybody hear of this type of chert before?  Here's a picture



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Title: Re: Kichisipi Chert
Post by: Hardawaypoints on July 13, 2010, 10:14:51 pm

Where's it from?  I'd have to have a few rocks of it before I knew if I liked it.

Jim

Title: Re: Kichisipi Chert
Post by: Marc St Louis on July 13, 2010, 11:11:12 pm

Quote from: Hardawaypoints on July 13, 2010, 10:14:51 pm

Where's it from?  I'd have to have a few rocks of it before I knew if I liked it.

Jim

Actually that is what I am trying to find out.  The picture is of a stone artifact and this is the site that it comes from http://www.thealgonquinway.ca/English/stone-sub-e.php?cat=1

Title: Re: Kichisipi Chert
Post by: jamie on July 14, 2010, 01:12:26 pm

marc i spoke to an archeologist about it and she says it was found a lot in the ottawa river watershed. couldnt tell me what quality it was other than it reminded her of mid grade onandaga

Title: Re: Kichisipi Chert
Post by: Parnell on July 14, 2010, 01:19:52 pm

I found that Kitchissippi means "great river" in Algonquin.  This is the way I'm seeing it spelled.  It looks like there is a a ward in Ottawa named such.  I looked on a map and see an area called Bradley about an hour west of Ottawa on Hwy. 148.
That web site listed Bradley area as the source.
Hope this helps, Marc.  Good luck!