SLOTH SLAYER

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Posted by [GarScale]:

By popular demand Im posting these points for you enjoyment, critique, or ridicule.

Here is an unnamed point type I have dug in context from my site in East Tx. It got dubbed "SlothSlayer" by some friends and it just kinda stuck. The type has very consistent characteristics and quite a few have been found across South, Central , East and North Texas as well as Central La.
It is a large, semi-stemmed lancolate form with heavy grinding along a long slightly contracting stem. Some examples have surface grinding on the stems as well. The point is weak shouldered and heavily serrated along the blade with serrations tapering down mid blade. In most cases, the last inch or so of the tip is not serrated. ALL examples are parallel flaked with some exhibiting Cody quality. ALL examples are collateral flaked to a medial ridge on one side. Most examples have a rounded side opposite the collateral face although parallel flaking is characteristic on both sides. All examples are high grade material and range from Edwards to raw novaculite. Serrations are a result of manufacture and may be lost as the point is resharpened.
These points are from the oldest culture represented in my site and found in context to overshot debitage greatly resembling Clovis and very unique hammer stones.

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Posted by [GarScale]:

heres more.

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[old dog]

Sure are wicked looking things....any ideas as far as dating? Thanks for showing these incredible finds.

[hudson]

Steve those are just awesome,and so was the video. Thanks for sharing

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old dog wrote:

Sure are wicked looking things....any ideas as far as dating? Thanks for showing these incredible finds.

Posted by [GarScale]:

I do have ideas on dating. Ill say this, they are the oldest artifact in my excavation.

[rmartin]

No ridicule here Steve. I have seen these before and Thank you for sharing them here. How deep were these?

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rmartin wrote:

No ridicule here Steve. I have seen these before and Thank you for sharing them here. How deep were these?

Posted by [GarScale]:

IN the clay. Some may have been 15ft deep. All were 6 inches to 2ft into the clay though. I have a bunch more but that's enough for now.

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Steve, Those are some of the best ever. Sometimes I wonder why
that great skill was not passed on to later craftsmen. The material
in those pieces is great: does that have a local source?

[Sharp Rocks]

Steve
Those are wickedly amazing points! I love those serrations! Thanks for posting!

[chase]

Very cool assemblage. This was below your Clovis level? The flaking looks like what I would expect to see in a Cody site, minus the elongated base. I could see this as a transitional point as a precursor to Cody.
Those are some cool artifacts! Thanks for sharing!

[hudson]

This is one that I posted awhile back with no base.

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Posted by [GarScale]:

If you found a tip broken beyond the serrations, You would think it was a killer Scotty tip. The reduction process is dramatically different than Cody though. These blades are reduced in virtually the same way as Clovis. Debitage looks much like Clovis with overshot thinning.
Here is a preform that shows the reduction and similarities to clovis and SS pieces found in immediate context.

[chase]

Very cool! The outer-passe flaking, to reduce it down to a SS form.  :dunno:  :dunno: I am not sure I can wrap my head around that. The knapping technology both percussion and pressure flaking, wow superb. The theory behind this, I am sure there has been a few discussions.I am interested to here what has been said.

[Hoss]

Garscale this one Looks like a fresh break. You might want to screen that pile again.



Amazing looking artifacts. I wonder why they smoothed the surfaces too. Maybe these were hafted in bove and not a wood shaft. Have you found any bone in your dig site?
Very awesome thanks for sharing this stuff with us.