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Post by Woodyrock on Sept 28, 2012 1:10:20 GMT -5
Whilst digging obsidian, I found both of these in the same hole. The biface was about two feet down in the top soil layer, whilst the blade core was about four feet down in the clay. The biface is in the region of 1 to 2 thousand year old, the blade core tens of thousands years old. The core is what was left from driving blades off a prepared block of obsidian. You can see the biface shows very little weathering whilst the blade core is surface etched from the many years it has lain there. Woody Both together  The biface  The blade core  By comparison, one by me.  |
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Post by pporky on Sept 28, 2012 7:41:39 GMT -5
Thats some really nice finding and man your knapping skills are awesome
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 28, 2012 10:44:28 GMT -5
Cool finds..............That must be your sig,with the arrow and W?? That design means peace in Tribal drawings(The single arrow)(but I'm sure you already knew that)...
Again awesome finds...........
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Post by jamesp on Nov 21, 2012 6:47:22 GMT -5
Dinosaur sized blades.Wow
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Post by adrian65 on Nov 21, 2012 12:35:09 GMT -5
By comparison, one by me. That's the proof about how few the world has evolved since back then  Beautiful finds, Woody! Adrian |
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Post by panamark on Nov 21, 2012 15:08:56 GMT -5
man your knapping skills are awesome I second that. Terrific job!!!! |
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 21, 2012 22:39:14 GMT -5
Great finds Woody. I occasional find flint trade blanks around the ranch that are shaped very much like that biface you found. Some of them are almost a foot long. Guess they reduced the weight by percussion flaking and then used the big blanks to transport or maybe trade. In some areas of the ranch it looks like they really had a factory going....Mel
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Post by Woodyrock on Nov 22, 2012 2:34:24 GMT -5
Mel:
The big bifaces were the normal form lithic materials were transported, and traded. I think I would do the same thing if I were to load a pack up, and walk a couple of hundred miles....only since, I know it was done, otherwise, I would probably have humped a few loads of boulders before figuring it out.
Woody
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