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@@andrewvero4233 Thank you

@@warrenmink2429 there are some clean ups at the end of the video. This large chunk came out a couple feet from the blade. I thought it was the same material as the knife and after cleaning them up, they match!

@@american4736 Thank you. It is what geologist would refer to as “young soil”. It is primarily sand that has eroded from the surrounding sandstone formation over just the last few thousands of years.

@@american4736 And yes, ancient floodplain

@@RazinKaneOutdoors Thank you 👊

Thank you Paula :)

Thanks buddy I think that’s most likely. Just doesn’t have that steep bevel.

In Texas we have a triangular shaped point similar in shape only to a Madison. It is referred to as an Early Triangle. These transitional paleo points are larger and slightly thicker than a Madison. E.T’s as we call them have archaic style flaking on the body of the point with paleo style thinning flakes at the base. We generally don’t have Madison points in central Texas.

@@RicoVonSpaceWolf Thanks you for helping with this! I’m thinking this could be an ET as well.

@ it seems to have little drop ears like it could have been a reworked stemmed point which of course unlike most ET’s. But it also appears to have some thinning flakes at the base. It’s hard to tell too much from a quick pic. definitely a cool find you never know what you’re gonna get out of that sand box.

@ Again, great observations. I’ve looked at those little “ears”. Got me thinking, too. Thank you very much.

@@JacobCarwile-d3x It’s same size as a lot of the early paleo stuff. I can see plainview though just resharpened

Idk man, the flaking and basal work is consistent with paleo stuff. And this guy knows what he’s talking about especially because he knows what layer he took it out of. I think a lot of us see a shape and just call it something we saw in a book or online when in reality a worked down folsom could end up looking like this triangle after many resharpenings.

@@Greysen_Reimer Thanks Greyson! Yeah I’m not 100% on this piece. Thanks for your input. If you get a chance, look at my IG post. I found an arrow point yesterday, and that looks to me to be closer to a Maddison if anything.

@@eastcoastlithics You got it buddy this pieces is old likely but hard to see because it was resharpened down one side. Good eye 🤜

@@numbudman8673 I am grateful

Thanks for sharing your insight! Very captivating. I will look into the Solutrean hypothesis.

These blades have been found in direct association with Clovis artifacts. There was a Clovis workshop near here in Florence TX where they found Clovis points, bifaces, and these prismatic blades. The point found deeper likely settled down there over time but was later.

@@SnowTiger45 Thanks for your input! I believe you are correct

I’m very familiar with his Channel! He finds some really cool pieces and i like watching him find the little blades with retouch.

@curious_archaeology I have seen some of those flakes but did not think much of them. I am in southeast alabama. When i started looking for knapped rock I was not aware of that type point

This one fit with #28

I was thinking the same thing. Cool that he was able to match at least two as he replied here. Nice finds, excellent research and sharing of your finds. Thank you! 😊

@@greghupe5808 You got it, Greg. There are at least 5 or 6 of these blue ones with banded chert, that match. I’ll be sure to make another video with close-ups of each!

@@ChristopherRoberts-vz4hf A long time ago the population was very small.

@@normaferro8054 It is one of the better ones!

I am almost certain these blades were utilitarian. If the distal end was wide, they would likely be used as scrapers. I’ve looked closely all along the edges of every blade and they could in most instances(except were there is cortex) use every mm of each piece of held and rotated in the hand four different ways. It was an expertly thoughtful knapping method to get the most length of cutting edge out of only the best lithic materials. Could they have been used as perforators? Yes, I believe so! Thanks for sharing your find.

@curious_archaeology The bladelets we find here are usually an inch or two long . Sometimes snapped in half from use . Identical construction . More likely bladelets like ours and yours were used as a cutting tool as opposed to scraping . Made for cutting , probably skinning . Extremely sharp .

@@markmanley8673 Ah, I gotcha. Yes the majority are razor sharp and are, in my opinion, used for slicing and cutting. Small flakes like the ones you are finding, would be useful removing hide and possible processing plants. But for large Pleistocene animals, to quarter or remove a long bone would take some effort getting through ligaments and cartilage.

@curious_archaeology I think another type of tool would be used to break down larger parts of animals . Thanks for your replies . I know people here that throw these artifacts to the side . They think they are debris from production of tools . My opinion of micro tools here are that they are usually made from high grade flint for a reason and found on archaic sites . These guys here find artifacts made from different flint on the same site and wonder why they don't find them made from the same flint . There is a reason .

That’s exactly what we think!

@@morganleighagnew Thanks for being the best partner and digging partner! And editing my videos :)

It was a great year! Started slow but ended with a bang!

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Special thanks 🤗

Thank you John!!

Thank you!!

It’s sand. The video got cut short of the clean-up shot.

@curious_archaeology ohh ok, i see.

Great Recovery, Cheers and Blessings!

They are. I believe that is the technology they were going for. To have the sharpest edge possible.

These are razor-sharp prismatic blades from a wedge-shaped core

It’s a well know dig site. And knowing the geography is helpful.

@@terrytabor1554 Central TX

That is a theory that I have not heard before, but could hold some water to it. Great curious thought! I will look into stretching skins. Thanks for your input!

Thank you 🤗

@@JoseyWales-ed Thank you berry much. We will make a video of all of them with close ups soon!

Thank you! Would you like to come dig with me sometime!?

These were cutting, slicing, and scraping tools. Spearheads were used to defend oneself or take down large prey. Arrowheads are small stone bifaces that occur much later in time with the arrival of horses and string bows.

@@curious_archaeology I actually have some arrowheads and spearheads. When I was in Missouri in the mid to late 1970s a good friends family owned several acres we use to do a lot of squirrel and rabbit hunting on. I loved it out there and truly enjoying just walking around and enjoying it all, it was beautiful. Him, my older brother and I was out one day and happened to come across a really small opening at the base of hillside, looking in it was a dome not quite tall enough to stand, I learned a valuable lesson that day, never let the largest attempt to enter last. As my friend and I are waiting for my brother to relax enough to get unstuck, we found another smaller attached room and in the soft soil I actually set on a spearhead first then found a arrowhead and what is believed to to be a piece used for skinning.

@ Wow! Thanks for sharing!! Seems like their are a ton of artifacts in Missouri.

Thank you as always Warren. It is Gene Tolbert’s place. I’m just a steward and sharer!

A peacock literally just walked by my window at work. 😂 As far as the shape of the core, according to knappers, Georgetown is “D” shaped. I’ll work on a video explaining this in more detail at a later date.

@@C.M.R.Artifacts-qu1ey Thanks for the kind words.

@curious_archaeology Yes, Peacocks are very proud birds, the way they strut around showing off their plumige!! See you on the next video! Can't wait!!

@@flinteastwood7179 they are numbered in the order that we documented them. A refit expert was able to fit quite a few pieces. I will go over her notes in another video!

@@thomasspainhour1112 Thank you North Carolina!