3.5" Prairie du Chien point

[Ron Kelley]

I'm pretty sure I know why this point was not finished in ancient times.
The piece has some good rock and some crumbly rock.
An ancient percussion flake ended in a big step.

I'll remove this step from the opposite edge:


Next I'll get a bifaced edge where this cortex remains:


The point is not artistic but it is functional:

[beatup1354]

A great tutorial Ron , well done .

[Mattern]

You turned something ugly into something beautiful Ron. Nice thread. K

[UpNorth]

Hey Ron… great work glad you could salvage that.
I found that piece years back on one of my sites that holds artifacts. My plan was to knap it one day.
i certainly would have destroyed that thing.. glad I passed it your way… here’s a pic. of a point found in that same field this past spring/ summer and I believe it to be prairie du chien, and probably heat treated…….👍

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Brad, Thanks for the info and the point pic. Good lookin point. That sure does look like the same rock.

[Narrow Way Knapper]

Nice job Ron. The old boys would be proud. 😊

[Hal Gorges]

Way ta go on the teamwork..Nice salvage Ron..Love posts like this👍🇺🇸.

[Glenner]

Prairie du CHIEN chert, makes up 90 percent of the pieces I find in SW Wisconsin.