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Clovis point, Keokuk chert. Front and back
view of the same point. |
2017 has been a busy year so far and I've been a bit lax in keeping track of Elfshot projects on this blog. I was teaching the Lithic Analysis class at MUN, taking an evening class for interest's sake, working on a report from last summer's field work in Iqaluit, and trying to keep up with Elfshot orders. It all kept my attention divided and blog posts fell off my weekly to-do list. I'll try to share a backlog of photos and stories, starting with this look at a pair of Clovis points that I made earlier this year.
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| Clovis Point, Obsidian. Front and back view |
I find fluting points challenging and since I'm rarely asked to make them, there is always a bit of trial and error to get back into the groove of things. I have a half dozen failed points on my workshop floor, before I finished two that I was happy with. The white one is Keokuk chert and the black one is obsidian.
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| Fluted points and their channel flutes |
Photo Credits: Tim Rast
You should post photos of the 1/2 dozen points that you broke while fluting?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I can probably gather them up. I have a little display case made up of past fluting failures from attempts to make Clovis points out of Onandaga chert a few years back. There are a lot of informative ways to blow up a fluted point.
DeleteI may have missed it but how did you flute? Direct? Indirect? Great blog btw, I need to visit more often!
ReplyDeleteI use direct soft hammer percussion with an antler billet. Sometimes I'll use an antler punch if I'm unable to isolate the platform sufficiently and I'm worried that I might miss with the billet.
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