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Some skills of the Ancients

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Zuma:
BJ
Your stone is the umbilical we hope will never get broken.
Thank you for letting me express my thoughts in this way.
Zuma

BowEd:
Amazing collection Zuma.

Zuma:
I totally agree Beadman. You know that you are blessed when the universe
presents you with such magnificent treasure. And also allows you to share
 it with folks like you all :)
Zuma
These points are from individual sites.
Zuma

Eric Krewson:
I hunted artifacts for a lot of my early years and came to the conclusion that most of the points we find around village sites are failures that were cast aside, they are much too crudely knapped.

I found a few points with no association to village or camp sites that were as perfectly knapped as what we see from today's best hobby knappers. I suspect these points were in actual use when they were lost.

It doesn't make sense for  an early hunter to risk his success on a poorly knapped, dull point like we find in abundance at plowed village sites.

Zuma:
I think you are seeing things that way Eric but remember, most points were made at sites so there are rejects and exhausted points that are swapped out for new ones and of course modern equipment that does a number on all artifacts. The type of material available to the folks, makes a major difference in point construction as well. I agree that a point lost afield has a better chance of being most proper.   
Interesting observation Eric
Zuma
Here are some from a camp site where there was virtually no reduction, It was done 20 miles back down the vally.

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