jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 24, 2017 10:17:23 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 24, 2017 10:33:24 GMT -5
I bet that tore into some stuff!! OUCH!!!! Nice artifact too!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 25, 2017 9:05:37 GMT -5
I bet that tore into some stuff!! OUCH!!!! Nice artifact too! Found a few 5+ pound size of similar. Ever broke a deer's leg bone ? You know that game. Those guys had no bone saws... Never butchered a moose, no telling how they removed the feet of that big guy.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 27, 2017 22:38:15 GMT -5
Interesting! Round these parts folks say those were used to dis-articulate bison joints during the butchering process. We even have one very sophisticated form called the Kerrville Knife( after Kerrville , Texas) supposedly used for similar purposes. Kerrville Knives are very finely knapped to a point that makes them look almost like a Meg tooth. Cortex of the flint nodule is left intact to provide a good grip. Always wanted to find one but no luck yet. Guy who owns the neighboring ranch has a big Amerind site though and has some beauties.....Mel Pic: Not the fanciest I've seen
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 28, 2017 6:57:29 GMT -5
Off the chart Sabre52. Great use of a chert cobble. Nice to see a handle that does not require a man's hand that has to have heel skin to operate. Many scrapers have uncomfortable handles out this way, makes one wonder if those guys made and wore leather gloves. Lots of chert over this way, but nary a bit of it worn into a cobble form. Just quartzite cobbles that has travelled from Appalachia to the Piedmont. Occasionally one of them made into a tool utilizing the cortex of the cobble. Nothing of that quality though.
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Post by wampidytoo on Feb 28, 2017 13:06:50 GMT -5
Great piece. It always amazes me how accurate they made them to fit the hand. Sometimes it takes a minute to find the fit but when you do it is spot on. Jim
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Post by jamesp on Mar 1, 2017 8:07:29 GMT -5
Great piece. It always amazes me how accurate they made them to fit the hand. Sometimes it takes a minute to find the fit but when you do it is spot on. Jim Without metal striking tools-hard to chip without metal. Raises the skill level magnitudes. Many modern knappers saw blanks, use precision striking jigs, synthetic abrasives to prep striking surfaces to control fracture propagation. Cheat cheat cheat Bow to those guys using what they had. Guessing the guys that broke the big stuff wore full leather like the 'Gimp' on Pulp Fiction. Remember you gave me advise about covering rock with old carpet ? To avoid shrapnel. A sledge hammer on mass coral or coastal chert will severe an artery at a rate of one per two hours if you do not wear protective gear. Savannah River chert boulders have many a pocket that hold up to a cup of water in them. Very wet. Perhaps they used heat, but I don't think so. I believe they used impact just as much. Found fields of unheated material laying around looking as if it was removed with mechanical impact.
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