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To: SunkenCiv; blueunicorn6; Seruzawa; GOP Poet; All
The doc could use some help with photography for publication. Look how much more you can see & show by selecting fifteen specimens -- instead of trying to show the whole assemblage -- and conveying mininmum info:

3 rows, 5 columns:

#3, 5: That black material is probably the best of the group -- but, were large starting pieces available?

#2,1: Best work, 2nd best material. (Notice the gloss). That upper surface is the flake scar from a single hard hammer blade removal or "fluting" blow. (Surprisingly advanced technique!) Several small, "notching or "serrating" flake removals on each lateral edge -- made from the opposite, flat face. (I could make a nice point from that flake...)

#2,2: They were already striking off long, triangular-section "prismatic blades"!

#2,4: They were already making "prepared striking platforms" (bottom end) and striking off long, thin flakes!

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Bottom line: Surprisingly sophisticated lithic techniques for so very early in the development of "flintknapping"!!!

TXnMA   
  
(Texas Archæological Steward)

P.S. I should have included the scale and doctor's name when cropping -- but was focussed too much on featuring the artifacts... :-(

14 posted on 10/02/2020 7:48:53 PM PDT by TXnMA (The Democrat Party has a single-point platform: HATRED...)
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To: TXnMA

Do you think they have any Phillips Head rocks?


16 posted on 10/02/2020 7:57:36 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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