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I hope you enjoyed the recent
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March, 2012 issue.
“Arrowhead Collecting On The
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calendar year, Volume IV. This
April 2012 edition addresses
the following topics, among
others:
• A long-time reader and
contributor shows us several
well made casts made for
him by a technician at the
Smithsonian Institute ...
harnessing new technologies
to make it easier for
collectors to protect the
special pieces and for
students of archaeology
to examine type pieces in
detail. (See pages 3-6.)
• Another well known source
Castings of stone artifacts can provide students of archaeology and collectors alike a method of close
examination of classic relics, while protecting and preserving the original pieces from damage and
accidents. Bruce Pailler reports on one craftsman who is among the few who are skilled in this
intriguing technology and are able to make these specialized reproductions available to museums,
students, collectors, etc. (Pages 3-6.)
of Lithic Castings for
collectors and students is
Lithic Casting Lab, owned
by Pete Bostrom, in Troy,
Illinois. See a Paleo era
Windust point casting from
Lithic Casting Lab and an
actual, very similar, Windust
point which the publisher
acquired last year from a
1950’s period collection out
of Oregon. (See page 7.)
• We get another enjoyable
view of point discoveries
along the Potomac River
from Mike Lundmark. (See
page 10.)
• Another deeply bifurcated
base, milky quartz point for
your viewing pleasure ...
an early to middle Archaic
period, 9000 to 5000 B.P.
“LeCroy” dart point. (See
page 11.)
• More opinions, thoughts,
ideas and discussions about
the “Micro Points” shown in
the March issue of ACOTW,
in e-mails from readers. (See
page 13.)
Read, learn, find, enjoy. And
pass it all along to your family
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Our editorial objective is to
help our readers become longterm, even serious collectors
of arrowheads, over the years
to come. Here are some of the
things we hope to accomplish
for you in this process:
• Help you find new points
and understand what it is
that you are finding;
• Help you to recognize the
different kinds and styles of
collectable arrowheads and
other implements;
• Help you to understand
about the life ways of the
cultures represented by the
stone tools which remain;
• Help you to discover ways
to find good and desirable
arrowheads from other
sources, such as eBay and
special subject web sites;
• Help you understand about
modern flint knapping, how
new points and implements
are made, how to recognize
them, and how to appreciate
those items for the skill and
the craftsmanship of the
work which they exhibit;
• Help you to understand that
some people still try to sell
unsuspecting collectors
items which may or may not
be what the items are
described to be, that you
should be careful when you
think about buying points
for your collection;
• Help you to learn about
authentication services and
their value to you as a
collector.
As we do these things, we will
maintain your readership and
interest in our newsletter for
many years to come.
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Thank you for your participation, and your interest in
“Arrowhead Collecting On The
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Sincerely,
F. Scott Crawford
Carrollton, Texas
When you want to know how to
identify the ancient Indian (native
American) stone arrowheads which
you and your family may find in the
Pacific Northwest, read the new book:
Stone Projectile Points Of The
Pacific Northwest
An Arrowhead Collectors’ Guide To
Type Identification
This 144 page book is now available
online at www.Amazon.com,
ISBN number: 1453798471; or
directly from the publisher through
the web site:
www.BlackRockPublishing.com
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About The Author
From the time when I was 13 or
14 in the forested foothills of the
western Oregon Willamette Valley
and found my first arrowhead, an
obsidian “bird point,” in a field my
dad had plowed for an experimental crop of maize, I have always
wondered about the people who
used these stone tools, how they
lived, and what became of them.
Some friends had collected Indian
artifacts in the desert areas of
eastern Oregon and my brothers
and I all enjoyed looking at their
display of those arrowheads. So,
to find some points of our own, on
the family land, was particularly
exciting. After that, whenever we
were working in the bean fields,
or tending livestock, or moving
irrigation pipes, or just wandering
across the back 40, we always
would keep an eye out for bits
and pieces of worked stone, tools
and points, to add to our growing
collection.
Today, I still keep an eye out for
remnants of past cultures. And as
the world has changed so much,
I can now do much, but not all, of
that wandering and learning on
the internet, on the world wide
web. That’s how I came to be
collecting arrowheads on the web,
and why I began to put together
this newsletter, for others across
the land who also are interested
in “ Arrowhead Collecting On The
Web”.
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p.s. There is still a time and a
place for criss crossing a plowed
field, or walking along the banks
of a stream, just to see what you
might find. Knowing where to look
and how, is part of what we plan
to explore in the pages of “Arrowhead Collecting On The Web.”
Read, learn, find, enjoy.
p.p.s. You are invited to visit my flint
knapping web site:
www.StoneBreaker-FSC.net
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Reference Examples Of Ancient Artifacts Useful To Graduate
Students & Artifact Collectors, For Study & Protected Display.
Scott,
About six years ago, I met Michael
Frank, a technical specialist who
works in the dept. of archaeology
at the Smithsonian. Mike has been
trained in the art of casting artifacts which is his primary activity
at the museum.
He is able to utilize the new generation of silicone which is remarkVolume IV, Number 4
ably able to capture the highest
detail of flaking on a stone artifact.
Michael makes available reference
examples of artifacts to archaeology graduate study programs
and others involved with artifact
related study.
The attached photo shows my
(Licking Co., Ohio) Ohio type Thebes (papered by Ben Stermer) on
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the left. On the right is the silicone
cast that was made from the original. If you would be interested, I
would be pleased to take a break
from fishing to write up some verbage re: Michael’s work.
In a short while, I anticipate
Michael’s package containing my
Cumberland and Hardaway with
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their casts. Michael is the only
person on this planet who I would
trust with these rocks!
could have used Mike’s services.
Thanks.
Bruce
(Publisher’s note: Another most excellent source for castings of stone artifacts of many kinds is Pete Bostrom’s
www.LithicCastingLab.com which
was featured in the very first issue of
Arrowhead Collecting On The Web in
May, 2009.)
April 7, 2012
Bruce,
You are too kind. Please do take a
moment away from your fishing and
put together some description of what
Mike does, with photos of other work
he is doing for you. I recently had a
customer purchase one of my modern
made Clovis points to make castings
for an exhibit at the Grand Canyon
National Park. Perhaps he used or
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Scott
Here is Bruce Pailler’s “verbage”
about Michael’s work:
In its formative days (before five
years ago) lithic casting was an
inexact endeavor in which plaster
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was pressed into crudely formulated clay or fast drying plaster
molds to produce chalky uneven
approximations of the artifact to
be cast. Recent developments in
silicone chemistry have resulted
in casting technology which has
revolutionized the process to what
can only be termed as a fine art!
I had the pleasure of meeting
Michael Frank when I learned of
the work he does making the atlatl.
The one he crafted for me six years
ago continues to function well. I
use my physical limitations as a
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rationalization for avoiding the
continuing practice necessary to
master this skill. No Ohio mastodons are endangered by my atlatl
skills.
Michael Frank is a Student of
ancient technology. Through his
website (www.occpaleo.com) he
sells ancient implements that he
makes from the materials used to
craft them in ancient times.
Michael is one who has been able
to combine his interests with his
vocational pursuits. He works for
the Smithsonian Institute Department of Archaeology. At this position he has probably handled more
paleo artifacts than anyone else in
the United States.
casts of paleo artifacts on a table
next to me and it is pleasurable to
handle them as I read archaeology.
Unfortunately one concern that
must accompany artifact collecting
is a concern for security. My best
artifacts occupy a bank vault. It
would give me great pleasure to
see the look on the face of any thief
who stole the frame of beautiful
"points" from the wall in my den
when the authenticator advised
him that they were well made from
"some kind of silicone".
Michael resists my suggestion that
he market his casting services to
individuals who desire custom
casting for specific artifacts. He
is willing to exchange casting
services for permission to include
casts of the artifact in his collection
of casts offered through:
www.occpaleo.com
Bruce
(In most photos, the cast is to the
left.)
Michael is also an expert on bannerstones and the technology used
to make them. He states that a
bannerstone requires about 60 hrs.
of highly skilled labor to make.
The Smithsonian utilizes his training as a lithic casting expert; this
constitutes a significant portion of
his work at the institute.
Modern lithic casts are incredible objects. They capture the
exact detail of ancient stonework.
Michael has also mastered the skill
of reproducing coloration so the
visual and tactile components of
a modern cast are identical to the
original artifact. I have to rely on
nuances of weight and temperature to distinguish between the
cast and the artifact.
Modern lithic casts have multiple
important functions. Michael sells
many to archaeology graduate
programs where they are used to
provide students with an experiential reference for artifact topology
As a lifetime collector, my pleasure
of handling world class artifacts
is inhibited by the thought of the
tragedy of their breakage. I once
ended up at the local Emergency
Room after a fall caused by my
lurch to keep a St. Louis type Clovis from falling to the floor. I have
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Here Are 2 Opaque Black Obsidian “Windust” Projectile Points
From The Pacific Northwest, Found In Idaho & Oregon, From
The Paleo-Indian Period, One Dated To 10,675 +/-95 Years, B.P.
Here is another set of similar ancient and modern casting projectile
points. They are Windust points,
from the northwestern regions of
the United States.
The slightly larger Windust point
is a casting made by Pete Bostrom
at the Lithic Casting Lab in Troy,
Illinois.
The original from which this casting was so artfully created was
found in 1989 at the Buhl site in
Twin Falls County, Idaho.
This projectile point was part of an
ancient burial, radio carbon dated
to 10,675 +/- 95 years before the
present.
The publisher purchased this cast
from Lithic Casting Lab several
years ago.
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The package tells us that Windust
points were first described in 1965
by H.S. Rice from samples found
in the oldest deposits of Cave C of
the Windust Caves in Washington
state.
They have also been found in
Idaho and Oregon.
Some Windust points have an oddshaped, deliberately made “chiseltip” instead of a sharp point at the
business end of the blade. This
casting has the “chisel tip”. It was
made of opaque black obsidian
and measures 3-13/16” in length.
The smaller Windust point shown
here is an actual projectile point,
found in eastern Oregon in the
1950’s. For a long time I thought
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it was a Scottsbluff point, but after
re-examining it along with the
Windust casting from Lithic Casting Lab, I have been able to make
a firm identification of this as a
classic Windust point, even to the
extent that it has a slightly worn
“chisel tip”. It measures 3-1/4”
long by 1-3/8” wide across the
barbed shoulders. It is also made
of opaque black obsidian, and is almost identically made, just a little
bit smaller than the Windust from
the Buhl site.
To see the extensive selection of ancient artifact castings available from
Pete Bostrom at Lithic Casting Lab,
visit the web site:
www.LithicCastingLab.com
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This is a continuing series of artifact reports from
Mike Lundmark in Maryland. The artifacts shown
in this issue were found by Mike along the Potomac
River in late 2011 and early 2012.
Milky Quartz & Quartz Crystal Materials Seem To Be The
Regionally Preferred Material Along The Potomac River, Or At
Least They Were The Most Readily Available Stone Resource.
My best find of the New Year.
This “Levanna” point remains very intact since
it was last used a thousand years ago. Levannas
are from the Late Woodland to Mississippian
Period, 700 to 1350 A.D.
The bow and arrow replaced the use of the atlatl
and became the hunting and warfare tool of
choice for native peoples during this time line.
Levanna points were named for the Levanna
Site, Cayuga County, New York, by William
A Ritchie, who was an archaeologist from New
York State.
White quartz and crystal quartz continue to be the most common material found in this region for
point making. I believe this material was easily resharpened and reused as often as possible. Several
examples here made of these quartz materials, shown actual size.
This is a Potomac River find by Mike Lundmark, January 2012.
Potomac River finds by Mike Lundmark, December 2011.
A few of my ancient artifacts from February
along the river.
Left: quartz side notch.
Center: Dalton/Hardaway type quartzite point
with beveled and bifurcated base.
Right: largest crystal quartz triangle I have
ever found, unfortunately the tip has some
hunting damage. It may have ricocheted off a
“republican”.
Actual size shown.
Potomac River finds by Mike Lundmark, February 17, 2012.
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Here’s A Nice Milky Quartz Crystal “LeCroy” Dart Point
From The Eastern Seaboard Region, Found In Virginia Or The
Carolinas, From Early To Middle Archaic, 9000 To 5000 B.P.
The LeCroy dart point is a deeply bifurcated (split) based, fairly wide small to medium sized projectile pont, often with serrations
along the edges and a ground base. They are found along the Eastern Seaboard, from the southeastern states up into the northeast.
This example measures 1-1/4” long by 11/16” wide at the barbs. The base is 5/8” wide.
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Morning Scott,
I know this is a longshot given the
organic nature of the material the balance of a spear was made from, BUT
can anyone give me some indicators
as to how an actual spear may have
looked?
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I would like to assemble a spear and
put it alongside the obsidian arrowhead creation display you provided
material for sometime ago. A much
admired piece in our primitive/traditional archery presentation.
Good morning Scott,
For better or worse just signed up
for the course you are offering, long
distance learning?
Let’s see if I can make some use of the
large deposits of obsidian which are in
this area.
Regards,
The indigenous peoples, Maori,
never knapped material they only ever
ground and polished stone so knapping is a whole new skill field down
here.
April 11, 2012
Kelvin O'Hara
Hi Kelvin,
That’s a good question.
Some were fairly light weight throwing
spears, maybe 5/8 to 3/4“ diameter, either
cane or bamboo type material or sapling
young trees. Perhaps even carved more
to size in order to make smoother. This
would be along the size of our javelin from
school competitions. Maybe 5 or 6 feet
long, often shorter, more like 4 feet, for
throwing. The spear points were 3 or 4
inches, just enough to make a strong cutting point on the end.
Who knows might be able to share on
some skills, with a little support from
those more capable.
Regards,
Kelvin O’Hara
New Zealand
April 9, 2012
Hi Kelvin,
Others were more like lances, with longer
spear points, which were originally hand
held spears used for thrusting, more along
the line of the jousting spear, so could be
heavier and thicker, since were not thrown
but thrust at the beast or foe. These might
be 6 feet up to as much as 9 or 10 feet long.
As the native folks obtained horses after
the Spanish invasion, the lance became
even bigger and more specialized for
working from horseback, in the pursuit
of buffalo (bison), where you would want
to stay back a bit from his horns and stick
him with your lance.
Good to hear from you. You probably are
the farthest away for long distance learning!
That’s good that you have lots of obsidian
around. Is it easy to get to be able to use
it? Obsidian could help make some wicked
tattoos I am sure! Get some good leather
gloves.
Scott
April 9, 2012
Hi Scott,
Got the gloves but use them for
protecting hands and fingers shooting arrows. Guess that means buying
another suitable pair.
I have made spears up to 6 feet long and
maybe 1” or more in diameter, with the
lance in mind. (Photo of the Bois d’Arc
or Osage Orange lance with an obsidian
spear point shown here is about 80% of
its actual size.) These would have larger
stone blades at the tip, and eventually they
were made with steel tips from swords and
such.
Frequently find shards of obsidian in
the old Maori gardening areas on our
property. They regularly used stone
but never knapped it.
Similarly they never developed the
bow and arrow. Just got up close and
beat the c--p out of the other guy with
a big stick (tenderised), before they ate
him (or her).
Scott
Interesting lot!
Looking forward to developing a new
skill.
Publisher’s e-mail address:
fscottcrawford@
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Kelvin
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It would be interesting to our readers
to see your article researching the penetrating power of arrows even tipped
with these tiny points, if you have it
available.
just something to do when bored.
Thanks for your participation.
I do some knapping and have
made several the size of the ones
in the article and even smaller for
those reasons, and, as I said earlier
people haven’t changed that much.
Scott
Les Gurley
April 3, 2012
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Hi Scott,
Hi Scott,
Hi Les,
I just read the article in your
online magazine about micro
points. I too have been fascinated
by these tiny arrow points and
often wondered what exactly they
were used for. I have researched
Native American archery gear
and I've seen some arrows tipped
with some pretty darn small stone
points.
I’ll have to search through my
archives and see if I can locate the
article, though it was published
several years ago and I might not
be able to find it. If I can find it I’ll
send it your way....
I agree with you about using stone
points inside of blow guns ... it would
make for a difficult delivery of the
dart!
I've also conducted penetration
tests with small stone points on
freshly killed deer and found the
tiny points to have surprising
penetration capabilities. I wrote
an article, Putting Bird Points to
the Test (June/July 2008, Primitive
Archer Magazine) and it was an
eye-opening experiment. I also
conducted another test and posted
it on youtube.
Scott,
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Here's a link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=LsqrlaIef2o
I've found "bird points" in my
home state of GA, as well as Oregon and New Mexico.
Hope you like the video.
Billy Berger
April 4, 2012
Hello Billy,
Thanks for your comments. When I
was a kid we always called those tiny
arrowheads and others even a little bit
larger “bird points”. It has always
been somewhat of a misnomer, since
those points were used all over the
west, at least, for taking game as large
as deer and elk. Hardly just birds!
One other idea I did not propose in
the article was that these were used on
composite arrows, mounted in small
fore shafts which were installed in
larger shafts. This was used in many
areas. I have seen a number of western
arrows with reed or wooden fore shafts
attached to the primary arrow shaft.
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Billy
April 7, 2012
Regarding the article on the micro
points, the idea of use on blow
darts has one small problem: the
points would scratch up the inside
of the bore causing a loss of performance before long.
I believe that they were more likely
to have been used on reed arrows
in heavy cover from a smaller bow
for small game.
The reason is that children were
trained to use a bow from an early
age usually on small game by children and sometimes adults. The
smaller bows would be easier to
fire in heavy cover and small game
wouldn’t need a large point to be
effective, and having points on the
arrows would teach the children
to treat a bow and arrows properly
to avoid damaging them or getting
hurt without the risk of a regular
point.
And I like your comparison to 22
caliber bullets. In my mind, all of
their arrowheads were expendable, so
unless you really need a large point for
impact and shock power, the smaller
points still penetrate and cut through
tough skin and muscle to accomplish
the hunter’s mission.
Thanks for your comments. This
article has drawn a lot of comments
as well as a lot of photographs from
around the country.
Scott
April 3, 2012
Scott,
I was looking around for micro
points but all I could find was this
little (less than 2 in.) guy.
I have a slew of what appear to be
tiny Paleo points.
Bruce
Another thing is the regular arrows would be large enough to
make the points less effective, but
a smaller diameter arrow would be
more likely to break if it was regular length, which would be needed
with a regular bow.
Even today hunters start their
children out with a 22 for squirrels
and rabbits, and people haven’t
changed that much.
It is just a theory but makes sense.
Another is that they were made
from broken points for practice or
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April 11, 2012,
Scott,
Curiosity question: I'm always
interested in the "Charter Membership" programs. In 1975, I was one
of the first to sign up for the then
brand new N.C. Bowhunters Association. I think I was member #
6. I am still a member.
You should be getting my "Flint
Knapping 20.12 application and
M.O. in the mail maybe by tomorrow or hopefully by Friday.
Besides me, how many have you
already had to sign up as "Charter
Members" so far. Also, anyone besides me wanting to pay in full up
front to dodge the anti gun folks at
Pay Pal?
I too am like Paul in Mass. , I’m
chomping at the flint to get going.
I’ve looked at other programs in
the past claiming to have the best
way to learn, but they never got
me interested like your program
has.
out about the program, and more will
join during the rest of the week. This
Clovis point offer will continue until
May 15, then I will be making Clovis
points to beat the band!
Danish Neolithic
Dagger Type IIB
I do always say: Use leather protection pads, gloves and safety glasses,
for sure.
Scott
p.s. You’re Number 11; I thank you
and appreciate your continuing enthusiastic participation.
(Publisher’s note: Lin is talking about
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I think a lot of it has to do with the
personal contact you showed me
when I sent photos of my finds.
Not many owners of anything will
take the time to respond on an individual basis, and I did not forget
that either.
Oh yeh...be sure to warn everyone
to use good safety glasses and use
a thick leather palm protector.
Good knapping, Lin
April 11, 2012
Hi Lin,
One or two others have asked about
single payment structures, etc. One
wanted to know if he can get all the
lessons at one time (answer: not yet,
I am still putting them together, running 100 miles an hour just to stay
ahead of the first few subscribers who
have already gotten 3 or 4 lessons.)
This week so far I have about 12 under
this program, with just three emails
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