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pot2.jpg (32 KB)
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| These shards came from under an overturned tree. Another fellow found a couple of dozen from the same spot. |
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pot1.jpg (29 KB)
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| These are some of the shards I got in the box from the archeologists estate. Some of these shards have holes drilled in them. When pots cracked sometimes holes would be drilled on either side of the crack and mended. |
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| Here is a basket full of chert pieces of all shapes and sizes. All have been worked to some extent or another - some are cores, some undoubtably just discarded pieces . All from one field. |
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| I pick up flakes of good quality material. Here in these parts of NJ, that means jasper, and to some extent black chert. This picture does not do these flakes justice, they are very attractive, in my opinion. |
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| These are four quarry blades or quarry blanks that supposedly came from Oklahoma. I'm putting this picture up to show what roughed out preforms look like. These were bought. |
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| Here are larger pieces of quartz. Probably alot of them are cores. I pick up pieces of quartz if all the original surface is broken off. All from one field. |
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