Saturday, February 25, 2023

Exploring the desert. Appetizer - a flaked stone tool

Who can resists nice stone flaking?
Pretty easy to miss:
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2 comments :

  1. Norman10:49 AM

    Nice find.

    What is the material, obsidian? Since I guess you found the artifact in Nevada,
    I couldn't help but think back to Louis Leakey and his involvement with the Calico
    site in California, which may not be that far from where you found the interesting
    projectile point. Leakey was derided for his involvement with Calico, but time may
    eventually prove him right.

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  2. pwax3:49 AM

    Thanks.
    I do not think this is projectile. It is too heavy and dinged on one edge (top right of item in last picture). On the other hand, I am not sure what snapped off the base.

    It is not quite obsidian. See some later posts for more discussion - it is volcanic and a bit granular, not glassy. Today I found a flake of genuine obsidian - dark black and like plastic. Quite different. Is it possible for nodes of "chert" to develop inside a bed of volcanic ash?

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