Clovis fluted? Need confirmation

[Boxscience8689]

[Looks2Much]

[Kentucky point]

A Clovis was meant to be a spear head.Unless we have an army of elves running around, I doubt it is a Clovis spear point. It does look like a flake though.

[willjo]

Looks a little small to be a Clovis part, but only being on forum for only ten days I would have thought you would have got more welcoming comments

[Looks2Much]

Meant no harm, in truth, my GIF was asking a legitimate question.

[CMD]

Yeah, that's on the tiny side. As far as miniature fluted points, they do exist. Archaeologist Dean Snow illustrated complete fluted points from a site in Ct., and of the Barnes variety, as small as 21mm, less then one inch. Boudreau, in his expanded New England typology showed a complete fluted Barnes point of 33mm., about 1 1/2". So miniature fluted points are well known, and from various excavated sites, and as surface finds. That said, I am unable to judge the fragment seen here.

[Kentucky point]

Johnny, is right. You are just a beginner, and we should have been a little more understanding in our responses. I am sorry if I was rude.

I definitely think that you have a flake, although fluting is out of the question.

[OnewiththewilD]

Just a flake imo, keep up the search!

[CMD]

Yes, Clovis points were used as projectiles, but also as knives. Here are two miniature Barnes projectile points. Barnes is post-Clovis, younger then the onset of the so-called Younger Dryas. But, they still date to the Paleo Era, and they are still fluted points. Both these points are true miniature fluted points. The illustration is from Dean Snow's The Archaeology of New England(1980). The point on the left is about 7/8" long.

[JoshinMO]

So Your saying there's a chance?

[Hoss]

Next time I go to CT I will go see my friends there and see if I can handle this artifact.

[CMD]

I know that site has a name, Hoss, and I believe it is in western Ct. Cool if you can actually handle it....

[Hoss]

I would research microliths . They have been found and recorded in North America . https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xml...pdf?sequence=3

[CMD]

Folks should understand the only reason I posted the info on miniature fluted points is because I had the impression, from earlier coments, that folks might not know they exist. It was not intended as a comment about the piece of chert posted. I have a miniature fluted point myself, which either my wife of I found, not sure which of us. Anyway, that is all, over and out, lol....

[Scorpion68]

Charlie - Did you ever post a pic of that miniature fluted point. I don't recall having seen one and as you say, didn't even know they existed. Would you post it in a separate thread please?

[CMD]

I must have shown it some years ago, Chuck, but happy to oblige you...

[Scorpion68]

Thanks Charlie - Appreciate ya

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

i would like to see closer pics of this piece,also of the other side and all 4 edges
also would like to know area it was found in before i make any comments as to what i think it is
that pic is small and even after blowing it up,its hard to make a judgment on it.

[Scorpion68]

I gotta tell ya Bs8689, When I first saw your pic - I started chuckling to myself and thought He's got to be kidding. Then I read Charlie's (CMD) post and went back and took a longer, closer look at your post. I was really surprised. That does look like a flute channel but it's really hard to tell if it's a miniature base with a flute or if it's like Jay says, a flake. How about showing a few more pics including edge-on and the other side as well. Might help us a bit. By the way - Welcome Aboard and that's an excellent photo.

[Gatorboy]

I have been watching this with interest. It appears that you have found a very unique piece, I would like to see some more pictures of it as well. Hopefully you post more pictures so someone on here who is knowledgeable in these areas can help us out.

[Broken Arrow]

To me it looks like a portion of a uniface blade/bladelet that was struck using blade core technology. Imo the channel wasn't the product of intentional fluting but rather the result of a previous strike while that piece was still on the core.

[Jethro355]

Whatever it is, it’s a beautiful lithic....