What’s the Point: All about Clovis Points - Archaeology Southwest
WEBFeb 9, 2021 · This is a biface in production. The arrow shows the negative of the overshot flake. You can also see the section of the biface edge that was removed by the full-length flake.
Friday Bi-Face - Projectile Points
WEBFriday Bi-Face. This is a medium to very large triangular knife with a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate. The blade may vary from having a triangular form, to curving in at the tip with parallel sides, or curving in …
Covington Bi-Face - Projectile Points
WEBCovington Bi-Face. Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern: This is a broad medium to large blade with a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate which may vary from curving in at the tip with parallel sides or curving in at the tip and curving back in towards the base.
The Fenn cache, all 56 of the Clovis artifacts. - Lithic Casting Lab
WEBOut of the 56 artifacts in the Fenn cache 31 of them are large percussion flaked bifaces. The largest biface (at top center) is sometimes referred to as a "platter biface," because of its large round shape, and sometimes as a biface core.
Clovis point - Wikipedia
WEBClovis is a comparatively large and heavy bifacially flaked fluted lanceolate point, lenticular to near oval in cross-section with parallel to moderately convex lateral edges, a majority having the latter. Maximum width is usually at or slightly below midpoint, frequently resulting in rather long sharp tips.
Stone tools of the Western Native American Cultures
WEBArrowheads. Arrowheads are small projectile points that are attached to straight reeds or sticks. The process of attaching a point to shaft is called hafting. Native American Arrowhead Hutchings...
Projectile Point Identification Guide - RelicRecord
WEBJan 17, 2022 · Collecting Native American projectile points, or arrowheads as they are commonly called, has been a popular pastime for generations of history enthusiasts. In prehistoric North America, projectile points were designed to be fastened to the ends of spears, darts, and arrow shafts.
Ancient Clovis Cache | NOVA - PBS
WEBNov 9, 2004 · This Clovis biface—or two-faced point with a continuous edge—is made of Green River Formation chert. Though precisely when the Fenn artifacts were made is unknown, experts used a process known...
1408 - What's the Difference Between a Preform and a Biface?
WEBFlintknapping. Knapping rocks. Making stone tools. Arrowhead. Lithic reduction.I have two other channels and a Patreon AccountAllergic Hobbit: https://www.yo...
What’s the Point: Folsom Technology, 12,800 to 10,200 BP
WEBSep 8, 2021 · Master flintknapper Bob Patten used to do his fluting with freehand percussion, and this method seems to do a great job replicating the flute scars we see on ancient examples like the one below, a biface from the Barger Gulch Folsom site near Kremmling, Colorado.
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