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Title: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: JDinPA on July 11, 2014, 09:40:00 PM
I have all the Bowyer's bibles. I remember reading something in these books that listed areas to look for stone for making stone points.
I've looked through all the books and can't seem to find it.
Can someone point me to the book and page?
Or did I read that in another book?

Thanks for the help.
JD
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: Pat B on July 11, 2014, 10:35:00 PM
TBBIII, page 275, "Stone Points"  by Scott Silsby
Check out the Knapping section on Primitive Archer or Paleoplanet
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: Scott E on July 12, 2014, 08:55:00 AM
Lots of great knapping info on YouTube good luck and have fun.
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: JDinPA on July 12, 2014, 03:43:00 PM
That's it, page 277 in TBBIII.

My wife found a head yesterday in a creek and we were  wondering what stone was local. I know I read something in TBB.
Thanks,
JD
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: JDinPA on July 12, 2014, 03:56:00 PM
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Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: JDinPA on July 12, 2014, 03:56:00 PM
I think it's Jasper.
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: Pat B on July 12, 2014, 06:33:00 PM
I don't know different stones. I don't knap. Locally found artifacts don't necessarily come from the local stone.
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: Crittergetter on July 12, 2014, 07:54:00 PM
X2 on what PatB said. I got started on this trad journey because of a family vacation to Mammoth Springs in South Dakota. In one of their exhibits they have stone points that could have only come from one place, a rock quarry in south tx. Proves our ancestors traveled great distances and traded with others. Totally amazed me and sparked my interest. The rest is history! I still have a goal of learning to knap and harvest game with my own points!
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: Pat B on July 12, 2014, 08:04:00 PM
That point almost looks like a drill. It's a bit wider than other drills I've seen before but it looks very similar.
When I lived in Bluffton, SC, on the Southern coast a friend found a 10" obsidian blade in the bank just above the Colleton River. That's at least 2500 miles from the source of the obsidian.
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: JDinPA on July 12, 2014, 08:22:00 PM
True, it also could be from someone recent.

But I do live in an area where the Lenape Indians called home and there also happens to be a jasper mine that dates to 8000 BC.
Title: Re: Bowyer's Bible question - stone points
Post by: JDinPA on July 14, 2014, 01:38:00 PM
If any else is interested, this is a really cool jasper thread:
http://www.arrowheads.com/index.php/kunena/learn-about-material-types/77590-jasper-sources-in-the-northeast-r-i-and-pa?limitstart=0

Apparently there are many jasper sites in my area.

http://www.arrowheads.com/index.php/kunena/what-did-i-find/81967-what-is-this#128081