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AncientArcher76:
That is some cool looking stuff Patrick...Hey Pat would u really go that far north for rock???
Russ
Hunts with stone:
This is a big Project for sure. I started looking at google earth map overlay's but can't seem to get it worked out. But you can get the Formation and overlay them with roadmaps on google earth. There are References to this on Paleo planet Resource area.
Dalton Knapper:
I looked over the list and it appears to pretty much word for word be that of the Lithic Sourcing web page. It's a site for archeologists to use for rock identification.
Here's that site: ---http://www.lithicsourcing.com/index.htm]http://www.lithicsourcing.com/index.htm
Lithic Sourcing claims that, "This site should be considered a work in progress and will become more useful as more precise information and detailed photographs become available." There is a contact address at the bottom of the page and I would suspect that Ms. Angelo might be interested in making her information more accurate and complete. Looks like it was last updated in Dec. 2012.
JackCrafty:
Yep, the same list is on the lithicsourcing site.
And, no, I would not go that far north for rocks. I'd march myself into walmart and get a bunch of Riesling wine bottles before I did that! :P
Mike_H:
--- Quote from: jackcrafty on February 26, 2013, 09:52:36 pm ---If Dick Doyle told you where most of the flint on the list is from, don't be shy. Let us know!! General area is fine. And what the heck is North Hood Chert?
--- End quote ---
He's never head of it unfortunately. Could be mislabeled, he used Fort Hood chert. Most of that listed is probably found artifacts and not local stone deposits. The only two that are indeed native to Maine are Mussungan Chert and Kineo Rhyolite.
" Mount Jasper in just over the border in New Hampshire. The new ones are Cow Head chert which is from Newfoundland, Ca, and Ramah chert originates from northern Labrador, Ca. Vermont jasper is kind of a misnomer in that it's not very knappable. Never heard of North Hood Chert, Fort hood is quite nice to work, however." From the email he sent me. hope he doesn't mind.
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