Not so sure on this guy. I'm torn between maybe a failed North blade or...something older like a transitional/ Dalton preform? Big difference in age I realize. I found it on my second site that has hinted at being an older location. I haven't found anything definitive (older looking uniface tools) and I've only been able to look there a few times. Any thoughts?
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It has a few years on it. 👍 Looks like a reworked blade; probably well used. Then again they might have tried too make something else but had a hard time, the 2nd, 5th and 6th pic looks like they might have had some trouble. Still a cool find 😎Last edited by antmike915; 07-02-2020, 01:13 AM.🐜 🎤 SW Georgia
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The more I handle it, I was considering the same. Maybe didn't start out that way but was put to use. If I pick it up with my left hand, and hold it between my thumb and forefinger...all the detail flaking wraps perfectly around the exposed area and stops at the flesh of my fingers. So it's interesting that you say that. Could fit into a hafted stick or the hand. Good eye.
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I think this is an early piece. It looks like a large flake that was knocked off a core and intended to be made into a point, but the flake just wasn't removed right, and they attempted to thin it. But for what ever reason, that didn't work. But rather than discard it, they chipped the one edge into a knife/scraper tool. Being Paleo would depend on what else is being found on the site. You would expect to find more basic uniface tools. So an educated guess would be early, from Late Paleo into the Early Archaic, and maybe Dalton related.
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