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

TBBIII, page 275, "Stone Points"  by Scott Silsby
Check out the Knapping section on Primitive Archer or Paleoplanet

Lots of great knapping info on YouTube good luck and have fun.

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

I think it's Jasper.

I don't know different stones. I don't knap. Locally found artifacts don't necessarily come from the local stone.

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!

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.

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.

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