North American Scrapers and Tools
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Picture by Pat Even |
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Pedernales blunt Picture by Pat Even |
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The below artifacts are from the Lampass River Ex: Bill Arnold Current: Robert Estes |
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Large Beaked Tool Appears to have been used for heavy scraping along the beaked edge Flaking style: Percussion w/minimal retouch Probably hand held as it is to thick to haft Text and Picture : Mike Estes |
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Side Scraper Large hand held, Uniface flake with some rind present. Flaking style: Percussion/ No retouch possibly a single use tool or a discard. Text and Picture : Mike Estes |
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Pedernales Point reworked into a scraper. Thin well made reworked point into a scraper/knife Flake style: Soft percussion / heavy retouched edges Text and Picture : Mike Estes |
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Mungai Knife / Side scraper Thin uniface flake worked into a tool. This utilized flake tool was named by Michael Gramly, as a paleo tool. This tool has been found in mixed component sites. Text and Picture : Mike Estes |
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Two handed Concave scraper Long flat flake with a concave edge. Flaking style: Percussion with minimal retouch. Modified flake probably used as a draw knife Text and Picture : Mike Estes |
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Small Beaked Tool Appears to have been used for heavy scraping along the beaked edge Flaking style: Percussion w/minimal retouch Similar to the large beaked scraper. This one was probably hafted Text and Picture : Mike Estes |
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Large Beaked Tool Modified flake Long flat flake with concave edge shaped for scraping Flaking style: Percussion w/ retouch on beak This one was probably used as a draw knife Text and Picture : Mike Estes |
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Clear Fork Uniface Modified flake Thin uniface of extreme quality. 65 degree bevel bit end. Flaking style: Percussion w/ heavy shaping/retouch bit end shows evidence of scraping hard surfaces This one was probably used as a draw knife Text and Picture : Mike Estes |
