To: GreyFriar; SunkenCiv
On our archaeology listserver, it was observed that the level of knapping skill revealed in those pictured "arrowheads" is about on a par with the modern "tourist junk" points cranked out in Mexico for sale all over the Southwest for a quarter apiece.
I know for a fact that my son could pressure-flake at least that well when he was in middle school... But, the real telltale is that the bases aren't adequately thinned for hafting -- and obsidian is absurdly easy to flake...
OTOH, the Maya were flintknapping masters. So far, not buying it...
20 posted on
10/21/2015 7:45:00 PM PDT by
TXnMA
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To: TXnMA
Thanks TXnMA, will ping later.
21 posted on
10/22/2015 1:33:02 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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Thanks TXnMA.
23 posted on
10/22/2015 4:41:38 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: TXnMA
Still, there were capable of making some intricate pieces:
25 posted on
10/22/2015 7:18:00 AM PDT by
null and void
(Reality 1, Liberal Academics 0)
To: TXnMA
I have found 100s of arrowheads in south Texas. I dug them out of the dirt myself, no fakes, all real. I never considered they might still have traces of blood on them. ( hard to believe)
I know there are people who can make them and I would never buy an arrowhead for that reason.
26 posted on
10/22/2015 7:33:15 AM PDT by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: TXnMA
Some of my work using stone, bone and antler.
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Some of my work using stone, bone and antler.