Caddo Biface - Museum of Stone Tools
WEBThe famous Sweetwater Biface is the thinnest prehistoric stone tool found in North America. This 3D model shows the percussion thinning scars and high level of craftsmanship needed to create it.
SWEETWATER BIFACE - Lithic Casting Lab
WEBSWEETWATER BIFACE NOLAN CO., TEXAS CHARLEY SHEWEY COLL. This extraordinary biface was found by Mr. Roland Kamer of Sweetwater, Texas while hunting rattlesnakes for the 1986 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup. He found it on the surface of the ground in a gully.
Sweetwater Biface — monah
WEBOct 13, 2023 · The Sweetwater biface is considered one of the thinnest known flint artifacts ever made. The blade has an ovoid shape and is 239.7 inches in length with an average thickness of 4.76 mm (“North America”).
Pete Bostrom - Lithic Casting Lab
WEBThere are two bifaces (large blades) in this picture, the "Sweetwater Biface" and a 24" biface from Mexico that no one has yet been able to duplicate in modern times. They are good examples that illustrate how skillful some of …
The Earnhardts pay a visit to the flintknappers’ Holy Grail
WEBJun 24, 2016 · The original Sweetwater Biface is three-sixteenths of an inch thick, making it the thinnest piece ever found in North America. Earnhardt created a replica that is only five-hundredths of an inch...
SWEETWATER BIFACE NOLAN COUNTY - Lithic Casting Lab
WEBThe Sweetwater Biface is one of the most skillfully percussion. flaked bifaces ever found in North America. The ancient craftsman. who made it had mastered the flintknapping skill of percussion. flaking. Since it is so well made it's intended use may have been.
Sweetwater Biface - YouTube
WEBMar 12, 2014 · This is the famous Sweetwater Biface. It was found in 1986 by a Roland Kamer, near Sweetwater, Texas. With a width to thickness ratio over 18:1, this is considered to be the thinnest knapped...
The Sweetwater Biface Measured - Modern Flintknapping
WEBThe Sweetwater biface is 9.36 inches long (237.7 mm) 3.34 inches wide.(84.8 mm) and it ranges in thickness from .10-.25 inches (2.54mm to 6.35mm) with an average thickness of .18 inches (4.57mm). The average width is 2.88 inches (73.15mm)(refer to the Measuring and Scoring page to see how I determine the average width and thickness).
Artifact: Paleo, Archaic, and Woodland Tools for Food — monah
WEBDec 22, 2020 · The Sweetwater Biface, one of the most recognizable flint artifacts ever found, came from this era. It is considered to be one of the thinnest flint artifacts ever recovered. Located in Nolan County, Texas, by Mr. Roland Kamerin in 1986, it measures just under 10 inches long and less than 5 mm thick.
The Collections - monah
WEBThe Sweetwater Biface, found in Nolan County, Texas, by Mr. Roland Kamer. At just under 10" long and 5mm at it's thickest, this biface is one of the thinnest ever recorded.
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