Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Del the cat on May 11, 2015, 04:24:37 am
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Mrs Cat :-* found this in the garden and wondered if it had maybe been knapped?
It doesn't look like a finished article so we don't really think so... but does have some ... well heck, I know zip... so what do you guys think?
Overall length 2 3/4"
Del
(be gentle with us, we don't want to upset Mrs Cat ;D )
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That does appear to have been roughly worked a little on the end, maybe Del. perhaps a few test chips then discarded, maybe your basic crude tool, maybe a product of Mother Nature or farm equipment. Who's to say for sure, have found many much the same.
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Somebody made that, what for who knows.
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Thanks guys, it can go on our shelving along with the other curiosities :)
Del
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With that zig-zag pattern, it sure looks worked. I would guess the same as Cowboy... Worked and discarded. But I would definitely hang on to it.
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Yep, it looks like it was intentionally chipped. If it were me, I would keep digging for more... :)
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when I look at it I think....ready made, as in made on the spot or this will do in a pinch.
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For what it is worth.
That chunk of chert sure looks like a core.
More interesting is the honey color.
From what little I know about English flint--
that chunk looks like it comes from the other side of the Channel.
If so it was imported with a purpose.
More Danish??
Good on Mrs Cat Eyes.
Zuma
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I agree with everybody else, looks worked and probably discarded when they couldn't get a flake to travel over the top and knock that ridge off.
Don, the Danish flint I have is dark gray with concrete inclusions.
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Ed, no doubt there is French and Danish gray/black flints.
I do know there is honey colored flint on the mainland.
If there is native honey or the color in Del's photos in the
London area I just haven't been privy to the fact.
It would be cool to know for sure. I don't have to be
gentle with you, just Del and the Mrs. LOL >:D
Sorry I have missed you all this spring.
Zuma