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Hello. New addict here. I live in central Colorado. It's and Araphao country. One of my goals moving here from the east coast in 01 was to find an Arrow head. Problem is I never knew where to look. Google is a wonderful thing. Furthermore for years I had heard about a series of pit houses out on the Colorado river about 20 minutes from here. After a crazy amount of detective work I managed to figure out where they once were. I found the dig report online and was able to work off that. I spent a total of three days in the area of the site. The first on an area recon with my sons 8-6. I found some pottery in the small drainage that comes from the site to the Colorado River. There is actually quite a bit. It's a thinner pottery thought to be more of a upper woodland type. According to the report.
The second day I was by myself and did a more detailed walking survey of the area. Trying to find the path of least resistance from the site of of pit house site to the Colorado. Second day I found some chip piles and a circular formation of large boulders on a terrace but just quickly scanned the ground.
The third day I decided to check the area on the other side of the dirt road that cuts through the area. It was then I made my first significant find ever. Jumped out at me. After staring at nondescript lavas and shale I found my first scraper. I didn't find much else. But I only had so much time and I could be seen. I didn't want to give anything away. And I was on public land and I didn't want the hassle. There was another area that the report said they only had funding to do a small dig. But surface material was plentiful. I started in the drainage in a branch that intersects with the one coming from the pithouse. Once I got to where they joined I got back up to surface level and started working back up hill. Almost immediately I started seeking scattered white flakes. I followed the trail of flakes until they stopped. I turned around to try again took one step and found what I think is what was going to be an Arrow head I'm open to suggestions. Distinctive flake marks on the sides. Ten feet away I found the next piece. I call it a master stone. Easy to carry and it has marks as if it was struck with another stone. I found this in a sea of shale and various lava. The last two pictures of Id like your help with. You can see the very fine tool marks along the edge. Was this some kind of saw?
From the report evidence suggest it was a seasonal hunting camp attached to the Ute trail not far from there. However evidence also suggest that it may have been used long before the Utes were known to be in the area.
The second day I was by myself and did a more detailed walking survey of the area. Trying to find the path of least resistance from the site of of pit house site to the Colorado. Second day I found some chip piles and a circular formation of large boulders on a terrace but just quickly scanned the ground.
The third day I decided to check the area on the other side of the dirt road that cuts through the area. It was then I made my first significant find ever. Jumped out at me. After staring at nondescript lavas and shale I found my first scraper. I didn't find much else. But I only had so much time and I could be seen. I didn't want to give anything away. And I was on public land and I didn't want the hassle. There was another area that the report said they only had funding to do a small dig. But surface material was plentiful. I started in the drainage in a branch that intersects with the one coming from the pithouse. Once I got to where they joined I got back up to surface level and started working back up hill. Almost immediately I started seeking scattered white flakes. I followed the trail of flakes until they stopped. I turned around to try again took one step and found what I think is what was going to be an Arrow head I'm open to suggestions. Distinctive flake marks on the sides. Ten feet away I found the next piece. I call it a master stone. Easy to carry and it has marks as if it was struck with another stone. I found this in a sea of shale and various lava. The last two pictures of Id like your help with. You can see the very fine tool marks along the edge. Was this some kind of saw?
From the report evidence suggest it was a seasonal hunting camp attached to the Ute trail not far from there. However evidence also suggest that it may have been used long before the Utes were known to be in the area.
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