Our town archaeologist suggested that I try sifting some soil on my MA property and I lucked out the first time with this quartz point! My land borders a river and marsh known for native habitation, but it was very heavily farmed since 1700 and this is only the 2nd complete point I’ve found here. Plenty of horticultural tools, hammers, scrapers, quartz flakes, etc..., but I’m holding out for an arrowhead stash! The soil was from an upturned tree along with these other items. Is it Diabase? Has a rusty aging over a dark tan color with tinges of green. If so, I didn't see it listed in Bourdreau's NE Typology and am wondering if they made arrowheads out of it, as I have shards of it all over the place.
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I’m not sure what the fragmented rocks are, but they don’t looked worked. You have Boudreau’s expanded typology, I assume, and are comparing it to the rhyolites he included in his section on regional lithics, but I don’t recognize it. Doesn’t look like it would flake well.Rhode Island
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Cgode and Oddball, thanks so much for responding! I couldn’t pinpoint the type and wondered if there might have been a stem I was missing. It does look like a Madison from Boudreau’s book and the measurements fit, but that type isn’t seen here much, more so in NY, from my research. I will be able to tell you the type, at some point, as 2 archaeologists are coming to my site and I will ask. It will be difficult for me to narrow down my questions for them, but I expect I will learn a lot !
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