tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183018873199838216.post4404997931547884193..comments2018-07-17T21:11:18.914-04:00Comments on Colonial Cherokee Archaeology: Day 9 - Wet Day, Wet Screeningahtzibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577845276318742985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183018873199838216.post-67897381926590913792010-06-24T17:01:15.912-04:002010-06-24T17:01:15.912-04:00It's hard to tell from the angle of the photog...It's hard to tell from the angle of the photograph, but from the size of this blade it looks much more like the Paleoindian tools found at sites like Topper, Gault, 40BN190, etc. than the typical Woodland microblades. Doug Sain at Eastern New Mexico University is working on a thesis about the blades from Topper & might be worth contacting about this piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183018873199838216.post-3013552310087254792010-06-12T21:41:28.459-04:002010-06-12T21:41:28.459-04:00This is a lateral view, so it does look odd. I hav...This is a lateral view, so it does look odd. I have done extensive work with Mesoamerican prismatic blade production, so I've seen the good and the bad. This one has a faceted platform and feather termination and is relatively early in the core reduction sequence, though not a primary blade (no cortex). It is highly similar in size and morphology to the prismatic blades of North Carolina and the Ohio Valley.Kathryn Sampeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805599810950252043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183018873199838216.post-36172709717276598282010-06-12T15:40:39.842-04:002010-06-12T15:40:39.842-04:00hmm im not sure if that's a prismatic blade, i...hmm im not sure if that's a prismatic blade, it looks more like a weird flake driven off of the corner of a chert cobble. The shape just doesn't seem rightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com