Identification Help

[History Hunter]

Everyone, I am looking for some information (type/age/material region) on the points below. These were found by me recently
on a family member's land in North Louisiana. Any help with any information about these would be much appreciated. Thank you.

[Lindenmeier-Man]

All I can say is there is probably a a few thousand years of artifact knowledge in the site....I’m not a judge in here , tread lightly....JJ

[SurfaceHunter]

Maybe I’m wrong but they look modern

[History Hunter]

Ok. If they are modern, then there are hundreds of them where Indians were thought to live. I wonder why modern points would be buried in a specific region of land?

[Jethro355]

Were they found as a cache or scattered?

[History Hunter]

There are a number of them in a small area. We are thinking the area may have been a ceremonial ground of some sort. There are mounds nearby on family land. We have Native American (Mission Indian) heritage, but I felt these were older than our
known heritage.

[SurfaceHunter]

Let’s see what others say I’m not from your area. They look similar to the modern points made for tourists trade

[clovisoid]

Type: Dovetails
Age: Probably 1-5 years old, judging by the improved flaking
Material: Khambat Agate
Region: Gujarat State, Western India. Specifically made by a couple dozen families in the village of Khambat.

They are sold by the hundreds on eBay and at flea markets.

[pkfrey]

Joshua, You hit the nail on the head!! Someone, for reasons we will never know why, dumped them for you or someone else to find. Just from the photos, they are easily recognized as imported modern points from india.

[History Hunter]

I am not sure why someone would dump their Agate Arrowheads and other pottery/relics on my cousin's land, but I am sure stranger things have happened. I appreciate the feedback. Admittedly, I am going to be a bit apprehensive in asking an almost 60 year anthropologist to look at the arrow points and other relics we have found, but Tuesday night I plan to catch a local professor after his lecture at the nearby Genealogical and Historical Society lecture and ask him about the things we have found. I am hopeful they are more than 5 years old, but if they are not, then there may be an even more interesting story behind them than some Native American chipping away at some rock.

[SurfaceHunter]

Probably a family member playing a joke on you but forgot to tell you. Sometimes people think its funny to play jokes on other friends that collect while out together.

[History Hunter]

Thanks, folks. I think I will have a little fun with this as well. Maybe a film crew with a possible land restriction due to the discovery.

[Tam]

[Tam]

Sadly I agree , if you look at your other artifacts you will see thousands of years of patina and wear on them . Your guy will point this out to you .

[SurfaceHunter]

I made a gorget out of a creek rock that had a great shape just drilled 2 holes in it then sanded it with sand paper. It was ugly and I dropped it when my friend wasn’t looking. I put a smiley face sticker on the side against the dirt. I acted like I missed it as he came by I heard him gasp and he said I can’t believe you missed this gorget!!! As he picked it up he was looking it over and flipped it and saw the smiling face. It was a priceless moment for me 😃

[georgiafieldwalker]

It’s probably a salted field. Could have been for a joke or could have been an older collector wanting to get his sons or grandsons involved in hunting/collecting.