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Just one simple question about flint knapping.
Stringman:
I live a couple hours south of ya and I've walked thru the starved rock area a few times. I have only found a few small pieces there but, I'm confident there's some good stuff. If you can take a trip to the western side of the state you will have better luck looking in the creeks. Since the Mississippi River valley tends to have a plethora of knapable rocks.
Good luck with the rock hunting, and let us know how it goes.
lenador:
Yeah I'm only a hour or so from the Mississippi.
JackCrafty:
Looks like you have a lot of quartzite there. Good for hammerstones but bad for arrowheads. You can break the quartzite with a sledge hammer and protective eyewear. ;D ;D
lenador:
Couldn't find much info about what type of rick was used but it does seem that they didn't prefer the rock around here. Looks like they did use knapped rock but mostly used bone or antler and after the French trade they used flint from the guns and glass. This makes me think they had the same rock as I have now.
lenador:
Here is a pic of arrowheads from the natives in this area.
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