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<p>[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 642543, member: 10171"]I couldn't agree more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, here are some more 'general observations' that might give you more key words and ideas to search with. </p><p><br /></p><p>Try "projectile points" rather than arrowhead, or 'lithic points' since lithics had all sorts of uses. Depending on the size (it looks by the stone grain and background to be no more than 2 inches long) your point's uses are not likely a 'knife' or 'spear' or 'scraper' or 'drill' but bear in mind that these types of objects were often 'resharpened' by freshly knapping the edges, so an object may have originally been longer, and that could be done over and over. The fact that the tip broke off a small point (yes, probably an arrow point) suggests it might have just been left for dead, i.e., it was more work to reshape than make a new one. Of course, a piece of farm machinery could have chipped the tip as it tilled the earth... no way to know for sure. But just in general terms, it looks 'authentic' as a 'field find'.</p><p><br /></p><p>you've already figured out that the shape is 'side notch' (if that's not the name of one of the forum members too!)</p><p><br /></p><p>The mineral might be a weathered plagioclase or feldspar (basically, common rock!) based on what appears to be larger crystal structures... just a guess. A geologist/archeologist would pinpoint that. </p><p><br /></p><p>And once you've become an instant expert in both geology and Native American 'point typology' ... this site allows you to search by region: <a href="https://www.projectilepoints.net/Search/Regional_Search.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.projectilepoints.net/Search/Regional_Search.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.projectilepoints.net/Search/Regional_Search.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And then you have think about 'age' in terms of broad time periods... study the flaking patterns (the what?!). Every time a chip was flaked off, it tells you how it was made, and, so after you become an expert knapper ... Then you can group them and come up with a general time period. My guess: Woodland, maybe Late Archaic. Sounds 'educated' but really that's not much of a guess since it covers about 4000 years. <a href="http://www.projectilepoints.net/Periods.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.projectilepoints.net/Periods.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.projectilepoints.net/Periods.htm</a> My guess is more like betting on 'red' than 'black' at Vegas. However, I *would* bet your point is NOT paleolithic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a nice chart to give you a better idea of really old points from NW Plains areas</p><p> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xOv7Du7pgOg/Tegm2szVpbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s7CEr1NDXAk/s1600/point_types.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's a daunting task...for 1 point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 642543, member: 10171"]I couldn't agree more. Nevertheless, here are some more 'general observations' that might give you more key words and ideas to search with. Try "projectile points" rather than arrowhead, or 'lithic points' since lithics had all sorts of uses. Depending on the size (it looks by the stone grain and background to be no more than 2 inches long) your point's uses are not likely a 'knife' or 'spear' or 'scraper' or 'drill' but bear in mind that these types of objects were often 'resharpened' by freshly knapping the edges, so an object may have originally been longer, and that could be done over and over. The fact that the tip broke off a small point (yes, probably an arrow point) suggests it might have just been left for dead, i.e., it was more work to reshape than make a new one. Of course, a piece of farm machinery could have chipped the tip as it tilled the earth... no way to know for sure. But just in general terms, it looks 'authentic' as a 'field find'. you've already figured out that the shape is 'side notch' (if that's not the name of one of the forum members too!) The mineral might be a weathered plagioclase or feldspar (basically, common rock!) based on what appears to be larger crystal structures... just a guess. A geologist/archeologist would pinpoint that. And once you've become an instant expert in both geology and Native American 'point typology' ... this site allows you to search by region: [URL]https://www.projectilepoints.net/Search/Regional_Search.html[/URL] And then you have think about 'age' in terms of broad time periods... study the flaking patterns (the what?!). Every time a chip was flaked off, it tells you how it was made, and, so after you become an expert knapper ... Then you can group them and come up with a general time period. My guess: Woodland, maybe Late Archaic. Sounds 'educated' but really that's not much of a guess since it covers about 4000 years. [URL]http://www.projectilepoints.net/Periods.htm[/URL] My guess is more like betting on 'red' than 'black' at Vegas. However, I *would* bet your point is NOT paleolithic. Here's a nice chart to give you a better idea of really old points from NW Plains areas [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xOv7Du7pgOg/Tegm2szVpbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s7CEr1NDXAk/s1600/point_types.gif[/IMG] It's a daunting task...for 1 point.[/QUOTE]
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