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Clovis Points -- PaleoIndian Boy Scout Knives?
Ohio Historical Society Archaeology Blog ^ | September 8, 2013 | Brad Lepper

Posted on 09/15/2013 2:20:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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Selection of endscrapers from Paleo Crossing. Endscrapers are the most common type of tool found at Clovis sites.

Selection of endscrapers from Paleo Crossing. Endscrapers are the most common type of tool found at Clovis sites.

1 posted on 09/15/2013 2:20:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Clovis spearpoints likely were all-purpose tools
The Columbus Dispatch
By Bradley T. Lepper
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2013/09/08/1-clovis-spearpoints-likely-were-all-purpose-tools.html


2 posted on 09/15/2013 2:21:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

3 posted on 09/15/2013 2:21:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I just read “The Ice Man” and it was published in 1994. The late Konrad Spindler (author) would be amazed at the things that have been learned about “The Ice Man” since the publication of his book.

Amazingly complex queries have been answered by technology. And still, the Ice Man has much to reveal!


4 posted on 09/15/2013 2:26:56 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment. You have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I have found several, no, many of the smaller ones pictured in south Texas and northern Mexico. Never found one of those big ones, that would be a treat!


5 posted on 09/15/2013 2:30:40 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: SunkenCiv
Hello from Clovis, NM.

It's also interesting to speculate from where they got the flint.

Blackwater Draw is a sand dune down to what used to be the water table.

6 posted on 09/15/2013 2:33:38 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: SunkenCiv
Hey, I've got one that looks kinda like that.

Found near Menard, Texas.

7 posted on 09/15/2013 2:35:22 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: elkfersupper

just read an article somewhere that said there’s now a field tool archaeologists can use to pinpoint the source of the flint in minutes.

I don’t know. maybe google archaeologist flint field tool for the article


8 posted on 09/15/2013 2:43:43 PM PDT by ckilmer
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To: elkfersupper

here it is
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3067097/posts


9 posted on 09/15/2013 2:44:40 PM PDT by ckilmer
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To: elkfersupper
It's also interesting to speculate from where they got the flint.

The word "flint" is probably not always used correctly in regard to Clovis points. They were made from flint, certainly, but also other quartz minerals with conchoidal (shell-shaped) fracture. Those include chalcedony, chert, jasper, agate and obsidian in addition to flint.

There are major flint deposits in Ohio (Flint Ridge) and the colorful Alibates Flint in Texas. Less important deposits are found at many U.S. locations. The other minerals mentioned are abundant in most Western states and are found in many places around the country. The Clovis knappers probably traded for material as well.

10 posted on 09/15/2013 2:49:28 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: ckilmer
there’s now a field tool archaeologists can use to pinpoint the source of the flint in minutes.

No, not flint. Obsidian. While obsidian is often wrongly called flint it's entirely different. Obsidian is natural glass created by volcanic action. Flint, jasper, chert etc. are formed in different ways and have different properties.

11 posted on 09/15/2013 2:56:58 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: txhurl
Ping!! I may need to look much closer..
12 posted on 09/15/2013 3:07:32 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: elkfersupper; Ditter; humblegunner

Interesting!


13 posted on 09/15/2013 3:07:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: Monkey Face

He had no idea when he started his climb that day that his mortal coil would wind up studied more than almost any other cadaver in history — or maybe no almost.


14 posted on 09/15/2013 3:08:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I just don’t understand this mamouth and mastodon fetish. What about ground sloths, short nosed bears, saber cats or dire wolves?


15 posted on 09/15/2013 3:10:55 PM PDT by frithguild (You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)
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To: SunkenCiv
If this old world last a few thousand years someone is going to be very confused in my area LOL. I had a cousin who could make arrowheads. As a prank my dad and I found a large 250 - 300 pound Quartz rock and delivered it to his front porch while he was at work. Within a few months he made some real great points from it. The three of us used to go out hunting arrowheads together. I still have my dads collection.
16 posted on 09/15/2013 3:18:34 PM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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If this old world last a few thousand years someone is going to be very confused in my area LOL. I had a cousin who could make arrowheads. As a prank my dad and I found a large 250 - 300 pound Quartz rock and delivered it to his front porch while he was at work. Within a few months he made some real great points from it. The three of us used to go out hunting arrowheads together. I still have my dads collection.

I've watched arrow heads being knapped. I tried it myself, and accomplished nothing but dinged and nicked fingers. I'd have had to be a forager rather than a hunter, I think.

17 posted on 09/15/2013 3:29:20 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: frithguild

Fetish?


18 posted on 09/15/2013 3:33:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: cva66snipe

;’)


19 posted on 09/15/2013 3:35:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“...high-quality flint,...” Thank you for reminding me. I use Ronson brand although there are others. I meant to refill my Zippo and I had forgotten ‘til flint was mentioned in the article and comments.

Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. The lamp is lit.


20 posted on 09/15/2013 3:50:22 PM PDT by chulaivn66 (Semper Fidelis)
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