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Unifaced scrapers ??

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Blue ridge mts, Virginia

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Posted Nov 30, 2009, 10:12:44 am

   Wishful thinking maybe , but they do look man made to me. What do you folks think ? They were all found on our property , close to the Shenandoah river , a few miles north of the Thunderbird Archeological District.
                                             Thanks for any help.
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 30, 2009, 10:41:07 am

Looks like debitage to me but, there is likely something to be found there if you are finding that stuff.
Chuck

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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 30, 2009, 10:42:59 am

Just flakes, but you may find some artifacts there with those flakes present......

Good luck finding something nice......



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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Nov 30, 2009, 10:47:40 am

Definitely man made.

My opinion, since you asked.

Scrapers ?  Probably not.  Edges suitable for use as scrapers are thicker and at anywhere around 45 to 75 degree angles to the uniface side.
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Nov 30, 2009, 01:33:44 pm

       Thanks for all the good info. We could fill a bucket with all of the flakes we find here , most the size of a quarter. I'll keep looking down.
                                                   Thanks again,
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Nov 30, 2009, 01:40:10 pm

With use wear on the edges, a couple of possible graver spurs, and a thinning strike I'd call them flake tools, not just waste flakes. Quartzite is tough to read unless you pick up alot of it and familiarise yourself with the characteristics of a worked piece.

What's the deal with the Thunderbird site museum? Is it no longer available to the public? any ideas Viking?

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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Nov 30, 2009, 02:28:46 pm

    Thanks for the info thirty7. I think the Thunderbird Museum and Archeological Park is closed , I'm not sure. It seems to be a touchy subject with local land owners. Even people i know well hesitate to talk about the site.
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