Archive for 'Flint Knapping'
Temple 2011 Comes to an End
Posted on06. Jun, 2011 by Shannon Graham.
And as quickly as that (snapping fingers) the Temple, Texas 2011 Indian Artifact show is behind us.
Kudos are in order for Leslie Pfeifer and the members of The Genuine Indian Relic Society (G.I.R.S) who do all the ‘heavy lifting’ to present a first rate event. This show is co-hosted with The Texas Chapter of the [...]
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An Early Multi-Purpose Tool from the Great Basin
Posted on14. Nov, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
John Garrett, Arrowheadology Moderator and frequent contributor to the Arrowheadology main page, provides this intersting look this week at a Great Basin artifact.
In the rugged Great Basin region of the western US, the earliest lithic assemblages are frequently found on dry lakebed margins and shorelines and their associated streams and washes. (Willig and Aikens 1988:27-28) [...]
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The Mullins Texas Clovis Cache
Posted on01. Jul, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
Dr. Leslie Pfeiffer first reported on this Clovis Cache in the Central States Archaeological Journal (January 2005, volume 52, number 1, pp 32-33) and referred to it as the “Mullins Cache”. Discovered during a sand and gravel mining operation 2004 in Bastrop County (southeast-central Texas), this 13 piece cache is believed to be an [...]
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UPDATED: Temple 2010 is in the Books
Posted on06. Jun, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
UPDATE: We’ve fired our Arrowheadology Staff photographer and posted his work to show why. Who spends all their time visiting and looking at artifacts while attending the Temple show on assignment and then tries to capture a few quick photos in the last 5 minutes while muttering something about having to leave early for a [...]
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Scottsbluff Reduction Sequence
Posted on05. Sep, 2009 by Shannon Graham.
A look at six stages of manufacture.
Many ancient sites are littered with thousands of flint flakes that are the result of the tool and projectile point manufacturing process. This lithic scatter is also known as flint knapping debitage or waste flakes.
These flakes range greatly in shape and size depending on how they were removed [...]
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