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point found in E TN
Jan 15th, 2018 at 8:41pm
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Hey Joe! Look at this. I found it in September 2017 in a creek in Anderson county, TN.
I think it looks like Ohio flint. What do you think about it?
The other rock is possibly TN paint rock from the same creek.
  

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Re: point found in E TN
Reply #1 - Jan 16th, 2018 at 8:28pm
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Whoee, That's a pretty picture! Smiley
Super fine artifact and a pretty piece of agate!
Great looking Dovetail point. Can't tell from the picture and the patina what the material is, and it's probably been re-worked down to the short blade you see now, but I see those "vein lines" flowing down thru the beautiful dovetail of a base, and it could be Ohio flint. Which would be pretty awesome! Kind of like "icing on the cake". Wink

Don't know what type you are calling it but I'd lump it in with the Dovetails. Dovetails are classified as "corner-notched" points, and yours looks more "side-notched" but I've seen others that look like yours.
Here's a link to more info about Dovetails.
http://www.projectilepoints.net/Points/St_Charles.html
  
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Re: point found in E TN
Reply #2 - Jan 17th, 2018 at 11:08am
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Thanks so much for the info, Joe. I love that site you linked, but i couldn't come up with an I.D for this point.
I call it super duper awesome!  Wink
I just wonder if that material was traded for from Ohio or how it got here. I really think it is Oh; it isn't like any flint I have seen around this region.
There are plenty of broken, worked pieces in this creek from the native material. So I wonder if this was a place they came for the material or hunted/lived here. It is a fairly nice protected spot to be near the Clinch River.
The native material is way different in color and character...more pinks and yellows; and not much of the brown or black you usually see in E TN.
This is the first whole point I have found in a very long time.
The agate is super exciting too. I have only found a few pieces of that color and many pieces of some really pretty pink and white, pink and yellow...really pretty stuff. I will post some more pics when I get a chance. I want to make sure I know better what I am doing before I try to cut the prettier stuff.
It seems to be a pretty isolated occurrence being washed out between the layers of limestone in the bank and previously broken up (coming out as broken pieces way up the bank, in the dirt).
I am just happy to have something to look at in the dirt and a puzzle to piece back together.
I am wondering if it wasn't a reef kind of area since I am finding pieces of fossilized coral.
  
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Re: point found in E TN
Reply #3 - Jan 17th, 2018 at 1:05pm
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Super Duper works for me! Smiley
Sounds like you have found a nice little hot spot and are well on the way to figuring it out. Good luck and hope you have many more finds!

And, of course, a full report with pictures. Smiley
  
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Reply #4 - Jan 21st, 2018 at 10:50am
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I also found this one a couple of weeks ago. Although broken, I have to say it is one of my favorites. The material is definitely local. I believe it is an area they camped/lived or quarried extensively.
What is the name of this style?
  

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Re: point found in E TN
Reply #5 - Jan 21st, 2018 at 8:36pm
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Pretty bottom on that thing! Wink
And yes that looks like some of your local chert or hornestone.
There's different names for point types in TN from NC. Best thing to do would be check that link I sent you above. It's probably Middle Archaic.
Keep it up! You're on a roll!
  
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Reply #6 - Jan 22nd, 2018 at 6:35am
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Thanks again, Joe.
That site is so wonderful. It really helps to be able to search by region, but I still find it difficult to "read" the nuances. It could be St. Albans, Morris, MacCorkle, LeCroy, Kanawha...
It really is very pretty. I wish I could do that kind of work.
I have never heard the term hornestone...will look that up too.
Thanks!
  
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Re: point found in E TN
Reply #7 - Jan 22nd, 2018 at 6:33pm
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Well done, Rebecca, I like your picks!
There's lots of MacCorkles in Tennessee. I'd go with that. Smiley
  
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Reply #8 - Jan 23rd, 2018 at 10:06am
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Thanks Joe! You know I value your opinion, and MacCorkle is just super fun to say!
Sorry my pic was so bad and I posted it too. I am just a spaz.  Cheesy
  
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