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Offline Tower

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« Reply #675 on: January 01, 2014, 05:24:39 pm »
What type of point will ring in our New Year?    The Plainview?
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« Reply #676 on: January 01, 2014, 08:31:19 pm »
Pic?

Offline papoints

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« Reply #677 on: January 01, 2014, 09:03:50 pm »
Nice looking lost lake Bob!  That plainveiw looks something like an unfluted Clovis I think.

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« Reply #678 on: January 01, 2014, 10:58:08 pm »
Great thread,
Have you all done Vosburg? Kinda a North East type.
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Offline Majuba Tom

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« Reply #679 on: January 05, 2014, 10:34:08 pm »
Here is my Plainview attempt. It came out a little smaller than the first one on page 802 of the Overstreet guide 12th edition. I hope everyone likes it I had fun. 8)

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« Reply #680 on: January 05, 2014, 11:13:46 pm »
Nice Plainview!  And that looks like some cool material behind it too!
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Offline Dalton Knapper

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Re: Point of The Month - Sticky
« Reply #681 on: January 07, 2014, 12:23:34 am »
Forget Overstreet = over rated as a guide. You did the form and basal flaking right. Looks like Edwards or some similar TX chert too. Nice job IMHO.

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« Reply #682 on: January 07, 2014, 07:51:56 am »
That looks Sweet!
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Offline Dalton Knapper

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« Reply #683 on: January 07, 2014, 01:23:27 pm »
This is more or less what I would try and pass off as a Plainview. I might should have tried to straighten the sides up a little to make them more parallel, but there are lots of variations in the archeological record. It is Novaculite about 3.25" long.


Offline Majuba Tom

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« Reply #684 on: January 07, 2014, 02:56:39 pm »
it looks real nice to me.

Dalton what guide would you suggest? The Overstreet was the only one on the shelf at the bookstore at the time. And I really needed something that showed me the shapes sizes and possible id of what I am trying to make. Of course they usually turn out to look like something else. :o

Offline Dalton Knapper

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« Reply #685 on: January 07, 2014, 05:09:23 pm »
Hey Tom - The only one I know of that is really affordable is Overstreet. Of course the Bell & Perino books are the ultimate source, but they are very expensive to own, even used and I think you have to get four volumes to have them all. If you can find it used, "Flint Blades & Projectile Points of the North American Indian" by Lawrence N. Tully is pretty good, but for instance, it did not include a Midland Point. I don't know the current price or if it is in print (check Amazon). It is B&W photographs, but nice ones.

If you don't mind line drawings (I like them), "Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points" by Noel D. Justice isn't a bad book, but it is likely to cost around $40 new. It might be much cheaper used on Amazon.

A good compromise is "A Field Guide to the Artifacts of Texas," and it costs only about $20 used on Amazon (but more like $57 new). It only has line drawings and is geographically limited.

Offline Zuma

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« Reply #686 on: January 08, 2014, 05:21:52 pm »
I thought I was going to make it. Oops!
Pretty happy just the same. Just a recent piece of hingerite. lol
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Offline Dalton Knapper

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« Reply #687 on: January 08, 2014, 06:45:51 pm »
I hate that when it happens - looks like tough rock too. Aside from the break, I think you did a nice job.

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« Reply #688 on: January 09, 2014, 01:40:14 am »

Thanks Dalton,
I hope I am just knocked down not knocked out. lol
Just my second venture into knarly NC rhyolite.
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Offline AncientArcher76

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« Reply #689 on: January 09, 2014, 03:51:57 am »
Plainview is said to be an unfinished Dalton.  Its a nice point and can teach a lot about symmetry and pressure flaking... If I get a chance I will make one.  Been busy at work!

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