![]() You can find some older, paleo lithics and more recent arrow heads (Historical age stuff) which isn't uncommon, but most Hill Country stuff is MA timeframe. Now, some respected collectors have made references to large Pedernales points (6"+) as Comanche Perd's, but no way a real Archeologist would step out on that branch.Īnd age, most stuff you find hill country is associated with burned-rock midden cultures and timeframes will be Middle Archaic (3500-6000 bp). associates tribes with geographical regions and assumptions could be made that points found in regions of the Tonkawa are Tonkawa points, but that can't be accurate. ![]() Turner and Hester (the book Casey pictured and is great for point) doesn't really associate points with tribes. We were staking roads for the Ruby Ranch Subdivision, off 967. It was found a few miles east of the Salt Lick on Onion Creek. And you could easily carry a bunch for trade. You can kinda tell how thin they are, just shoulder notches needed and a little taper to the point and she's ready to go. The oval point just below-left of MJ is a Trade Blank. Nobody is definately right or wrong here, I'm just saying, its not a trade blank. Now, put 50 of the tools you found in a back pack and you'd have an uncomfortable load of rock on your back. The Dirt Brothers reference from TB doesn't clearly show how thin their blade is.Īn Indian could carry 50 or more blanks easily for trade or commerce. Trade Blanks only need notches flaked out of the shoulders (for hafting to the spear) to be ready for use. You found a dandy centerpiece for a collection. Trade Blanks are along the lines of 1/4" thick, not an inch and a half. That would weigh much too much for easy transport. There's no way they could have carried a bunch of trade blanks if they were an inch and a half thick. They have been hammer flaked into a generic shape and ONLY need be pressure flaked into their final appearance. It would have been difficult to haft that tool onto a stick and make an axe, its pretty large.Īnd Trade Blanks are quarried materials preformed into blank points, suitable for trading for goods and services. I bet you can fit that tool in the palm of your hand and find a comfortable way to hold it, similar to how I'm holding mine. ![]() You can even see a little cortex (the gritty outer portion of the rock) left where the tool meets the palm of your hand. This tool is thick and heavy, maybe 1.5" along the midline. You can see the midline running down the middle. Here's a pic of one I found in Hays County. A tool used for butchering/quatering animals or grubbing in the ground.
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