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There was a relatively small auction a couple weeks back of a collector who I had met a couple times at shows. He had a great collection of paleo items (nothing perfect, just a lot of great locally found paleo tools and broken points.) I bid on several items, and one of the things I noticed were 5 small bannerstone cores tucked in one of the frames.
There is a type of bannerstone in Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky called a Clarksville Bannerstone, usually made from hardstones like quartzite instead of slate. The holes are rather unique, and the reed drilling often produced a "donut hole" of leftover core. Several types of hard stone banners produce cores, but the Clarksville style often have a bit more flare to them. They aren't common finds and I was really excited to get 5 of them at once. I remember looking at some Art Gerber had when I was younger, and just really thought they were cool.
Here are the five.
This is the frame with the other stuff, a couple of cool paleo bases from a site the collector documented.
This is the frame as it arrived.
Looks like someone at the auction noticed the cores and "nicked" them at the preview. The auction house was very apologetic, I believe they looked for them, but stuff happens. And that's the heartbreaker here.
I still got about 40 cool busted up Clovis/Fluted points, midsections & bases for my collection, as well as a bunch of non-fluted Dalton/Quad stuff he hunted, so I'm not too disappointed
There is a type of bannerstone in Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky called a Clarksville Bannerstone, usually made from hardstones like quartzite instead of slate. The holes are rather unique, and the reed drilling often produced a "donut hole" of leftover core. Several types of hard stone banners produce cores, but the Clarksville style often have a bit more flare to them. They aren't common finds and I was really excited to get 5 of them at once. I remember looking at some Art Gerber had when I was younger, and just really thought they were cool.
Here are the five.
This is the frame with the other stuff, a couple of cool paleo bases from a site the collector documented.
This is the frame as it arrived.
Looks like someone at the auction noticed the cores and "nicked" them at the preview. The auction house was very apologetic, I believe they looked for them, but stuff happens. And that's the heartbreaker here.
I still got about 40 cool busted up Clovis/Fluted points, midsections & bases for my collection, as well as a bunch of non-fluted Dalton/Quad stuff he hunted, so I'm not too disappointed
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