Incredible journey today! This area continues to be a treasure trove with the abundance of points, hand knives, what appeared to be an axe, and that massive worked stone, which I believe was used for busting bones to access the marrow. Dude, I about jumped out of my skin at that rattlers' encounter. Phoenix really obeyed your command. What a good companion! Can't say enough about this episode but I can give a big gracias! Adios for now
You're like an archeology detective. You do more than just find artifacts. You research and come up with possible scenarios and historical time lines. 👍
No secondary flakes on it, I would say it’s just a quarried piece that was going to be knapped into something later. The first piece was a projectile point. Must be a quarry site near by. It’s strange that you are not finding any pottery. The 3rd piece is a Brocken knife blade. 4th piece was just the way it comes out of the ground. Anything over an inch is probably a projectile point. Anything over that would be so heavy that they would have to aim very high to even hit a close target. Remember that the bows that they were shooting were small and not very heavy poundage. Some early points were most likely dart points thrown with a atl atl. Very interesting site.
This was an awesome adventure! Glad to see none of you were bit, looks like the dog knew it was there and was sniffing 😮 those were some cool finds, thanks for sharing and be safe out there 😊
You found some amazing obsidian lithics! Where I am there are no natural obsidian sources for hundreds of miles, so when I see shiny and black... I keep my eyes peeled! Great video! I PM'ed you about some petroglyphs I found! Keep up the great videos!
I've always understood these terms to mean the following: A "piece" usually refers to a part or piece of a broken point. You can tell that it is a piece if it is worked. They are generally identified as the base, middle, or tip of a projectile. A "chip" is a part of a nodule that has been chipped off. Chips are usually sharp due to the way they were broken off, though they are not "worked". If I'm not sure what it is, I typically refer to broken obsidian pieces as "chips." You will learn how to identify worked and not worked the more you explore and find points. Keep exploring, Love the Videos
D rock, The point you found at 14:30 is a Humboldt style lanceolate. It is on the smaller side for its type but you can see the fluting at the base if you pause at 14:34. It is from the mid-glacial time period 7000-3000 years before present and is extremely common throughout the great basin. This culture is associated most often with pluvial lakes but there is some evidence that Humboldt culture entered into the Colorado plateau during a short and wet period.
Yes Western Stem Piont. They also predate Clovis. The one you found sticking out of the ground I believe it is a repurposed stempoint? I believe it was originally longer and broke and was repurposed
The Canine-American had a close call! Right, snakes tend to be in the rocks -- or anywhere else you can't see. Wear snake protection and watch where you reach.
Grab yourself a hammer stone and knock some flakes off the nodules. Its fun and addictive. Soon youll be making points and blades. Plus you can learn what your seeing by experience. Its actually fasinating.
Another great video. Those obsidian points just laying on the surface are amazing! I’m sure you are aware of it, but there is a known issue with YT unsubscribing people randomly. I’ve had to resubscribe to you several times. Just in case you see your subscription levels going up and down randomly..
How fast could they manufacture a point? It seems like they were knapping as they hunted. Maybe they sat around in the evening and manufactured points for the morning.
In Arizona, some areas that are Clovis zone are 3 feet under ground. Size of points dictates Era and technology for the hunt. You are definitely finding spear or Atlatle points.
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So VERY cool to find those pieces that fit together & giant piece of Obsidian!!! BEAUTIFUL !!!
Incredible journey today! This area continues to be a treasure trove with the abundance of points, hand knives, what appeared to be an axe, and that massive worked stone, which I believe was used for busting bones to access the marrow. Dude, I about jumped out of my skin at that rattlers' encounter. Phoenix really obeyed your command. What a good companion! Can't say enough about this episode but I can give a big gracias! Adios for now
You're like an archeology detective. You do more than just find artifacts. You research and come up with possible scenarios and historical time lines. 👍
Another very interesting video - good thing nothing bad happened during the snake encounter!
No secondary flakes on it, I would say it’s just a quarried piece that was going to be knapped into something later. The first piece was a projectile point. Must be a quarry site near by. It’s strange that you are not finding any pottery. The 3rd piece is a Brocken knife blade. 4th piece was just the way it comes out of the ground. Anything over an inch is probably a projectile point. Anything over that would be so heavy that they would have to aim very high to even hit a close target. Remember that the bows that they were shooting were small and not very heavy poundage. Some early points were most likely dart points thrown with a atl atl. Very interesting site.
Great video! I appreciate the historical background as well.
This was an awesome adventure! Glad to see none of you were bit, looks like the dog knew it was there and was sniffing 😮 those were some cool finds, thanks for sharing and be safe out there 😊
15:02 is a great piece! Love the drone shots in the beginning to! 😍😍😍
You found some amazing obsidian lithics! Where I am there are no natural obsidian sources for hundreds of miles, so when I see shiny and black... I keep my eyes peeled! Great video! I PM'ed you about some petroglyphs I found! Keep up the great videos!
Good recall on your pup. Good dog. Thanks for taking us with you on your adventures!
Definitely one of my favorite channels…Came for the content stayed for the witty banter 🔥
thanks for taking us on the journey
You always come across some great finds. Hopefully once they piece my back, back together. I will be able to get out and look for some in my area.
I've always understood these terms to mean the following:
A "piece" usually refers to a part or piece of a broken point. You can tell that it is a piece if it is worked. They are generally identified as the base, middle, or tip of a projectile.
A "chip" is a part of a nodule that has been chipped off. Chips are usually sharp due to the way they were broken off, though they are not "worked". If I'm not sure what it is, I typically refer to broken obsidian pieces as "chips."
You will learn how to identify worked and not worked the more you explore and find points. Keep exploring, Love the Videos
D rock,
The point you found at 14:30 is a Humboldt style lanceolate. It is on the smaller side for its type but you can see the fluting at the base if you pause at 14:34. It is from the mid-glacial time period 7000-3000 years before present and is extremely common throughout the great basin. This culture is associated most often with pluvial lakes but there is some evidence that Humboldt culture entered into the Colorado plateau during a short and wet period.
Awesome! Appreciate it!
The humpback obsidian piece is a thumb hide scraper, very cool
21:27 broken knife.. amazing find
Yes Western Stem Piont. They also predate Clovis. The one you found sticking out of the ground I believe it is a repurposed stempoint? I believe it was originally longer and broke and was repurposed
@ 10:10 looked like a small scraper... 🤠🌵🌵🌵
I would be making so many more points if I had this in my area.
Looks like a lot of hunting and processing going on in that area
The Canine-American had a close call! Right, snakes tend to be in the rocks -- or anywhere else you can't see. Wear snake protection and watch where you reach.
Grab yourself a hammer stone and knock some flakes off the nodules. Its fun and addictive. Soon youll be making points and blades.
Plus you can learn what your seeing by experience. Its actually fasinating.
Looks like a Triangle arrow point type to me
Another great video. Those obsidian points just laying on the surface are amazing! I’m sure you are aware of it, but there is a known issue with YT unsubscribing people randomly. I’ve had to resubscribe to you several times. Just in case you see your subscription levels going up and down randomly..
Figures. Thanks for sticking with the channel!
At 24 Minutes, It looks an Teck Tite , meteorite type , we find in Aussie ! If it is it’s a large one ?
I'm no expert, but the small triangle is what I have seen called a Madison in the eastern US.
The shards walking up to where you found the scraper and finer points were they knapping points on the move? Great content and lesson.😊
How fast could they manufacture a point? It seems like they were knapping as they hunted. Maybe they sat around in the evening and manufactured points for the morning.
In Arizona, some areas that are Clovis zone are 3 feet under ground. Size of points dictates Era and technology for the hunt. You are definitely finding spear or Atlatle points.
The piece at 16:30 is not a piece. It's not worked at all
Cottonwood point
It was a atlatl point