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Trumpkin
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#1
Artifact Guys - What is this?
05-12-2024, 07:16 AM
Title says it all, found this in my neighborhood creek in Travis County.
muzzlebrake
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05-12-2024, 11:11 AM
A flake from knapping stone tools. Could have been used as a small blade or scraper.
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RutnBuk
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05-12-2024, 11:17 AM
I call that a rock
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Trumpkin
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05-12-2024, 01:49 PM
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A flake from knapping stone tools. Could have been used as a small blade or scraper.
Awesome, that was my first impression, but I don't know crap about this stuff! Thanks!
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D12
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05-12-2024, 01:57 PM
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I call that a rock
Lmao I thought the same thing!!
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dustoffer
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05-12-2024, 02:20 PM
I have a bunch of those or very similarly-shaped artifacts from La Salle county—it’s a scraper.
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bowhuntercoach
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#7
05-12-2024, 09:41 PM
Neolithic Butt Scratcher
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GarGuy
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#8
05-13-2024, 02:44 PM
It is an artifact. It is a flake struck to use as a cutting edge. Some resharpening on it
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