Indian artifact excavation

[Archery1st]

Awesome!! I'd like to see the sifter in action as well. What are those in pics 3,4,&5?

[GarGuy]

Awesome!! I'd like to see the sifter in action as well. What are those in pics 3,4,&5?

Hmmmm..... OOOOLLLLLLDDDDDDD! We will get a variety of opinions Im sure!

[Johnny]

Now we're talkin! I'm loving that little old school black point. At first I was thinking San Patrice (which it could be) but it sure looks like it is worked down...dang near like a worked down and resharpened Clovis.

Now what you are calling a Langtry is more on the lines of a Gary type because of geographical location in my opinion. I have found a few on my place in Madison County that look very close to yours and I'm calling them Gary's because of location. Langtry's are mostly found in south, southwest and central Texas.

Here is a good example of what I am talking about. I found a very nice blade right here in Montgomery County that looks identical to a Kinney Blade. These are mostly found in the same areas where you would find Langtry's but because of where it was found, I'd go with Darl instead of Kinney.

The one in the middle.



But the good news is, you can call it whatever you want to because you found it.

[Archery1st]

Johnny = show off!

Dang those are nice

[Roy D Mercer]

Awesome bud! I never cared for the name of the point just glad I found them. Keep em coming

[Johnny]

Here is a Gary type my wife dug up on our place in Madison County. If it were found in south central Texas, it would be hard not to call it a Langtry.




This one is what I am thinking is an Andice my son found close to home. As you can see it is missing its ears and looked possibly reworked. The ears on an andice have such deep notches that it's rare to find them intact. This one reminds me of the long stemmed white one you found.





I'm not sure where you are at in the camp right now but from the looks of it, it looks real promising for some more older stuff to pop up on the sifter you got. Man, I would be pumped!

[Clark]

Looks to me that your site is producing points of many different materials, I think that'll make for a beautiful collection.
Middens here in Central Texas don't usually have such a variety.

And I'll just throw it out there, I think that black point is a reworked Golondrina. Its beautiful.

Thanks for taking us along!

[GarGuy]

I think you are right about that being an exhausted Andice. Those are some cool points you posted as well.
The unstemmed black point, yellow point, and the long white point(stemmed) in my hand were in the same bucket. came from about 5ft deep right by where i found the Plainview and the Andice blank(thanks for the id on that). All three are heavily edge ground. The yellow point also has a small fluting flake on both sides.

[hernandez1812]

I want your job!

[GarGuy]

Johnny = show off!

Dang those are nice

I think Johnny is trying to nudge me into pulling some stuff out of the closet and posting it with that killer picture! Gonna stick with recent finds though.

[DBHIII]

Man that's awesome. Makes me wanna be out there looking! Thanks for sharing.

[Johnny Dangerr]

wow

[arrowdiger]

nice points

[GarGuy]

Johnny-"Here is a Gary type my wife dug up on our place in Madison County. If it were found in south central Texas, it would be hard not to call it a Langtry."

There is no way in heck i would call that a Gary. have seen a bunch of those papered as langtry and from east tx at that. ID isnt an exact science and I OFTEN disagree with even the leading experts.
I really look forward to your opinion on these. we need to get together . Bet we could find something to talk about.

[BIG BONE]

cool thread, keep up the good work