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Zuma:
Ben,
Actually after taking a better look at the divot point I am
pretty sure it was destroyed by the last flute impact.
Check the perpendicular crack at the end of the longest flute.
It also seems to run at a 180 right up to the divot??
That is why it is not finished,
Zuma
caveman2533:
The divot in the end of the point could easily have been made by placing the flake back in the scar and striking it again. I have done this many times. Also a note of interest, it is not difficult to find whitetail antler that is quite dense and hard. I have one that approximates the size of several of the "drift"punches pictured. It works quite well for late stage thinning.
iowabow:
This is great and no I really don't feel hijacked at all. I think this post has a great mix of history demonstration and respectful debate going on and I am enjoying the dialogue. Please continue everyone.
AncientTech:
Madisonville "punches" (punches outnumbered flakers 1000 to 1 at the Madisonville site):
The wear patterns on these flaking tools, and the wear patterns on similar flaking tools from Belize, make me suspect that the tools may not have been struck on the ends. There is no reason to think that a process analogous to a composite bit pressure flaker could have been used, only with a stronger form of energy delivery. Another parallel may be seen in Catlin's 3-man indirect percussion flaking staff, used in quarries.
AncientTech:
Elderly Apache knapper encountered by Professor Bonney, in Arizona, around the beginning of the 20th century:
Read online, starting page 340, Hathitrust, Scientific American Supplement No. 2213:
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006964954;view=1up;seq=344
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