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Flint biface, not particularly aesthetic in form,
but excellent in condition. Sharp edges and tip,
no nicks. This amazing condition for a roadside
surface find (considering the multiple road grader
and logging truck passes over the years) is probably
in part due to the loose surface sand on this stretch
of road. Material, form, condition, and age similar
to an earlier example pictured here.
Find locations are 7 miles apart. Type?? |
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CONTEXT: The next 5 items come from a rather large “village”
site of about 5 acres. Since the new growth of the last timber
clear-cut replant is about 7 years old, the only significant
collection opportunities are on the access road that traverses
the center of this site. The first 4 items were “excavated”
from a 50 foot stretch of the roadbed at depths up to 4 feet.
This is many times deeper than the typical maximum artifact
depth (original) of about 10 inches for this type of site.
These items were deposited by repair of a deep road
washout (probably during the major flooding of 1929) as
evidenced by the mix of buried vegetation, broken glass,
old nails, and pieces of fence wire at the same depth as the
artifacts. The fifth item was a surface find on the same road
segment.
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