Chipped Stone Tools

 

 

 

Top row: Corner notched projectile points that are usually found associated with people who were semi nomadic hunters and gathers growing some crops such as corn, beans and squash. The left point is a flint point, the center point is also flint but has patina (the outer layer of a flint nodule that was part of a glacial deposit) and is not well worked. The point on the right is chert and is finely worked.

 

Second Row: Fort Ancient points are triangular and were percussion shaped and finished using an antler pressure flaking tool. These points have convex bases and straight sides.

 

Third Row:  The left two blades are called "cache blades" and are finely worked knives believed by many to be to well worked to be utilitarian tools  thus they are usually classified as ceremonial objects. The second  blade is white flint and has a cup coral fossil (a fossil that is found in many Fort Ancient sites) imbedded in it located just above the center of the blade making it extremely hard to chip without breaking and was thus a prized possession.. The center object is a flint knife or flesher that was used butchering animals. The two right most knives were hafted. The stemmed knife is made of a greenish flint and is of a woodland type. The right most knife is triangular and extremely thin and narrow and was found with Fort Ancient remains on the beach at Bintz Village.

 

Fourth Row: Twist Drills were made in many shapes and sizes. The drill on the left is made of white flint and has an expanded convex base; the two center drills are corner notched one with a convex base and the other with a concave (notched) base. The drill on the right is much thicker and was probably hand held  and not hafted. All of these drills were from Fort Ancient deposits at Bintz Village.

 

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