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Charlie Hatchett	Paleo Woodworking Tools from Central Texas	Lead	[-]
Posts: 679 (06/10/09 2:34 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4799
bluedograins		#1	[-]
Posts: 616 (06/14/09 2:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Very nice. Thanks for the links, Charlie.
Charlie Hatchett		#2	[-]
Posts: 681 (06/19/09 5:26 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks! I wondered forever what these distally rounded bifaces were for, and finally got an answer from David Calame: http://www.texasarrowheads.org/index.html
megalithics		#3	[-]
Posts: 8 (06/20/09 4:26 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I got on Calame's (sp) site but didn't find an article about those tools. Was there something I missed? I am also wondering if those tools had much use-wear on them. It looks like they had been reworked a few times but I would expect to see the distal edge off to the ventral side if it was for wood-working and I can't see any polish in the photos. Do these early tools show Dalton-like attributes? Larry
Charlie Hatchett		#4	[-]
Posts: 683 (06/21/09 3:07 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	megalithics wrote: I got on Calame's (sp) site but didn't find an article about those tools. Was there something I missed? I am also wondering if those tools had much use-wear on them. It looks like they had been reworked a few times but I would expect to see the distal edge off to the ventral side if it was for wood-working and I can't see any polish in the photos. Do these early tools show Dalton-like attributes? Larry Hi Larry. I could have sworn Calame had some of his research on Clear Fork Tools on his site. I'll try to track down some his reports while working as a steward for the Texas Historical Commission. He's known here as a local authority on woodworking tools, including Clear Fork Tools and Guadalupe Bifaces: http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/images/VT15-clearbi.html http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/images/VT6-artifacts1.html http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/prehistory/images/Guad-Clear.jpg "Guadalupe and Clear Fork tools. Top to bottom: Guadalupe adzes, unifacial Clear Fork gouges, and bifacial Clear Fork adzes. All are shown in two views, with the beveled working ends (bits) pointing up, dorsal views on the left, and ventral views on the right. Frio County, Riley Collection, TARL. " http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/prehistory/images/adzes.html http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/prehistory/images/Choke-Gouges.html He also calls Clear Fork Tools distally beveled bifaces. I have no idea if these tools show Dalton-like attributes. I haven't studied Dalton assemblages, just seen the projectile points. Let me invite Calame to make a comment or two here. Thanks for the interest. Charlie
megalithics		#5	[-]
Posts: 16 (06/25/09 5:07 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	We just unearthed one of the finest flint adzes I have ever seen, at Cahokia. This was a dig with Boy Scouts, working on their Archaeology Merit Badge. The adze seems to be right at the base of the plow zone. They found the adze on Tuesday, June 23, '09 and, since it's right at the base of the plow zone, we mapped it in-situ. I hope to have some pictures of the adze for all of you to see but it may take me a while to figure out how to post the pics here. Last year I was on a dig in Granite City Illinois where we found another adze almost as fine as the one at Cahokia. Unlike Dalton-period adzes which are usually humped-back, Mississippian adzes are much thinner and exhibit a very sharp, slightly curved, and ground edge. Both the adzes are about 20 to 25 cm. long, about 5 to 7 cm. wide and only 1 to 1 1/2 cm thick.. Larry
Charlie Hatchett		#6	[-]
Posts: 686 (06/27/09 7:38 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	megalithics wrote: We just unearthed one of the finest flint adzes I have ever seen, at Cahokia. This was a dig with Boy Scouts, working on their Archaeology Merit Badge. The adze seems to be right at the base of the plow zone. They found the adze on Tuesday, June 23, '09 and, since it's right at the base of the plow zone, we mapped it in-situ. I hope to have some pictures of the adze for all of you to see but it may take me a while to figure out how to post the pics here. Last year I was on a dig in Granite City Illinois where we found another adze almost as fine as the one at Cahokia. Unlike Dalton-period adzes which are usually humped-back, Mississippian adzes are much thinner and exhibit a very sharp, slightly curved, and ground edge. Both the adzes are about 20 to 25 cm. long, about 5 to 7 cm. wide and only 1 to 1 1/2 cm thick.. Larry These sound pretty sweet! I look forward to seeing them! Charlie
megalithics		#7	[-]
Posts: 34 (07/13/09 4:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Here34's the pics of the adze from Cahokia Mounds. I hope they make it through. Larry
megalithics		#8	[-]
Posts: 35 (07/13/09 4:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Maybe this will work. Larry
megalithics		#9	[-]
Posts: 36 (07/13/09 4:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hell, I give up, for now. Larry
Charlie Hatchett		#10	[-]
Posts: 688 (07/14/09 5:46 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hi Larry. How are you trying to post the images? Charlie
megalithics		#11	[-]
Posts: 38 (07/15/09 3:54 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It asked me to make an album, so I did. I thought I could "insert image" from that album, but that didn't work. I have never used the photobucket thing. At Knapper-R-Us, all I have to do is select the pic I want and attach it. I'll just have to get used to this system, I guess. Larry
eskimoboy		#12	[-]
Posts: 4238 (07/18/09 1:36 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Larry, there is help in the tutorial section I believe. I had a helluva time learning how too. Just get your images into photobucket, then when you get into paleoplanet, point your cursor across the icons at the top of your post and one will come up that says 'insert image from photo bucket' you copy and paste 'direct link' from photobucket. If you have your cursor over the picture you want in photobucket, a drop down box comes up and you wanna highlight and paste the one that says 'direct link' I'm not good at explaining things, but hope that is of some help.
megalithics	Here's the adze. I hope it works this time. Larry	#13	[-]
Posts: 40 (07/20/09 6:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts
megalithics		#14	[-]
Posts: 41 (07/20/09 6:24 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Whatcha know!!! It worked!! Larry
bluedograins		#15	[-]
Posts: 639 (07/21/09 4:29 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks for the pics. Way to persevere. Blue
Charlie Hatchett		#16	[-]
Posts: 691 (07/21/09 6:35 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nice , Larry! From the image the distal end looks like it's seem some use (polished). I'm not used to finding such large adzes. Charlie
Thimosabv		#17	[-]
Posts: 7432 (07/21/09 5:03 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Great link. And adze. Charlie are you the same Charlie that worked on the Cactus Hill site???? I live 35 minutes away from there.
Charlie Hatchett		#18	[-]
Posts: 692 (07/24/09 9:09 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I wish!! Just an archeology hobbyist. Charlie
megalithics		#19	[-]
Posts: 42 (08/07/09 5:06 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm attaching 2 pics of another adze we found a few days ago. One of our young field archaeologists almost peed on it when he went behind a backdirt pile. I don't have a scale in the pictures but you can see that it's about 6 or 7 inches long and about 2 to 2 1/2 inches wide. This is another fine Mississippian adze. In one of the pics, you can see the polish on the adze. Larry
Charlie Hatchett		#20	[-]
Posts: 693 (08/13/09 3:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nice!!

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