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These are some differently made artifacts!
These artifacts were not made by chipping. They were pecked, ground, and polished into shape. Some of them, like the "Waco Sinkers", could be done quickly and simply. Others, like the grooved axes, took hundreds of hours to make. I guess without TV, long nights could get pretty boring!
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THIS IS A REAL LITTLE ODDBALL
It's made of hematite, deeply grooved all the way around, and highly polished. Is it an elaborate Waco Sinker? An atlatl weight? A bola stone? Or something purely ceremonial? Your guess is as good as mine! This one isn't with me any more; someone at Temple wanted it more than I did.
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SOME MISCELLANEOUS ARTIFACTS . . .
Including my four best axes. The top right one is a trade from Pennsylvania; the others were found in NE Texas. The big blue spearhead was the largest intact point I'd ever found at 5 1/16", but it was stolen off this very desktop in 1996. I've never seen it since, but would sure love to have it back. If you run across it, please E-mail me!
There's also some Waco sinkers, bone awls, scrapers, and potsherds in this exhibit. |
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GROUND/POLISHED ARTIFACTS FROM 2006
We don't find a lot of ground and polished artifacts in my area, but 2006 was nice to me! Here you can see a nice hematite Clear Fork Gouge, three good Waco sinkers, a small axe, and a nice celt, all surface finds from last year. The Waco sinker is one of the best and most symmetrical I have ever found. |
I found this beauty on July 27, 2007 - it is a super point, maybe a Delhi type, made of translucent "Pine Top" chert out of Oklahoma.
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This is one of my more mysterious artifacts - a small piece of polished bone with X's in the corners and concentric circles in the center. What is it - a game piece, or just a doodle? I've shown it to several archeologists, but no one really knows what it is.
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THREE CLOVIS - OR JUST ONE?
The top point was for years the only one I claimed as a definite Clovis. Recently, Dr. Michael Collins identified the black point as a reworked Clovis with much of the flute erased by resharpening, and Bob Miller said that the large off-white piece was, in all probability, an unfluted Clovis. What do you think?
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Some of my Plainview points
The brown one at upper left is the most senior Paleo in my collection, found in 1978 by my eighth grade pal Bobby Peek and traded for a comic book and five Gary points. I think I got the better end of the deal! |
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