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    I went back to my rock shelter site in Northeast Georgia today after a good rain. I turned up a lot of flakes, which I’m comfortable enough with not to post now, as well as my first pottery shred (I think Woodland - posted it in the appropriate place). I also found these flakes/preforms/tools and I was wondering whether anyone could tell whether they were anything. I have front and back photos of everything.

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    The first one is weirdly shaped and rough, but shows definite heavy working. Does it look like it might have been a crude bifurcated point that either didn’t turn out right or got broken, or perhaps a drill/tool? It seems to have a split in it.

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    The second one doesn’t show a lot of clear working, but I picked it up thinking it might be a preform or something.

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    The third is very small (~2cm), but looks a lot like a scraper. It shows more work than just a flake, with several scars. Is it too small to have been used? It is sharp on the edge and have a somewhat grooved base.

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    The last one is more like a flake, but also shows more than one scarring point. The edge also looks uneven. Could it have been used for something, or is it just a waste piece?
    Last edited by silvereel; 04-16-2018, 08:36 PM.

  • #2
    That’s the thing with 95% of the Quartz I find in Georgia .
    It’s damaged and really hard to find nice pressure flaking .
    Yout first 2 pics are examples of what I am talking about .
    Pic3-6th look like scrappers .
    The last one is probably a reduction flake but someone might see a style .
    I don’t see your pottery but if it’s NA in your area it’s probably Swiftcreek with a paddle stamp .
    Look that up .

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    • #3
      Thanks for looking them over. It’s tough figuring the quartz stuff, but it’s interesting in its own way. And there are some beauties out there. The link for the pottery I found is: https://forums.arrowheads.com/forum/...-stamped-shard
      Definitely stamped.

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      • #4
        Oh I missed Jethro . He is great at pottery .
        But look up the Swiftcreek they occupied that area as well .
        I have pieces like that .. all kinds of interesting stamps modern man has named .

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        • #5
          You know what’s exciting is if you found pottery and some tools you are probably on a camp . All that rain yesterday I would just die to be out there looking now .

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